Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity the Battalion was broken up

the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 13th

minor discolouration and intermittent warping

Instituted in 1869

Accompanying the sword is its period original scabbard

Constantine - Collar Badge - Silver gilt and enamelled

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity the Battalion was broken up(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 47. 30 mm (h),