Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction The prisoners waited for him

The prisoners waited for him across the river

56 Operational Training Unit from November 18

photo in the center surrounded by the inscription ""CHAS

and is flanked on each side by tabs constructed of red wool bases with gold bullion wire insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction The prisoners waited for him(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture