Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now both with replacement ribbons)

both with replacement ribbons)

as well as a wire harness gripped in his free hand

A singular patch in light brown cotton

the obverse bearing a white painted inscription of “SOUTH AFRICAN WAR VETERANS” within a rectangular frame of identical construction

November 1916 to April 1918

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth Buy Now both with replacement ribbons)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with the uncommon full LDO code of L15