Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange Buy Now 7 mm (w) x 51

7 mm (w) x 51

Pilot Wing in sterling silver

maker marked "LEMAITRE PARIS" on the inside lid

a privately purchased example produced c

ongoing disputes over the French and American occupation zones and anticipated conflicts of interest over French Indochina

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange Buy Now 7 mm (w) x 51(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei