Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of 98 mm x 142 mm)

98 mm x 142 mm)

the reverse overlaid by a central circular medallion bearing a blue enameled inscription of “VIRTUTI” (“VIRTUE”)

each marked "ARMY & NAVY COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Ld" on the reverse

the bar missing its catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Republic of 98 mm x 142 mm)(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 rounded and flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics