Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive or break through the encirclement

or break through the encirclement to rejoin the rest of the German forces

Lieutenant of the Reserve Odensass

captured an enemy mortar observer

a postwar-printed studio portrait depicting a Wehrmacht chaplain

Pius XII (1939-1958)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive or break through the encirclement(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, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 16. 0