Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity centering black ribbed swastika superimposed

centering black ribbed swastika superimposed on the white circle

on a maroon base

demonstrating only minor signs of discolouration

None got to fly in France

1918-1919 reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity centering black ribbed swastika superimposed(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