Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Its Case Of Issue Auction on a 40 mm pin)

on a 40 mm pin)

good quality manufacture

enamel chipping evident on the insignia

led by Grand Admiral Hans von Koester

The name could be Dörre or similar

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Its Case Of Issue Auction on a 40 mm pin)An fine example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; an unmarked example; measuring 44. 19 mm (w) x 44. 24 mm (h);