Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Buy Now A first war year Iron

A first war year Iron Cross badge

held in place by a tan-coloured bakelite button

mounted on top of bright white wool waffenfarbe bases

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Koppelschloss)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Buy Now A first war year Iron(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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by