Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, With Case United Republic of silvering wear evident on the

silvering wear evident on the obverse

circumscribed by her name and title “ALICE GROSHERZOGIN VON HESSEN”

Cross Cap Insignia Red

an Anglo-Indian firm in Kolkata

light wear on the bottom

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, With Case United Republic of silvering wear evident on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 blocke hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, lacking a makers mark but bearing an etched owners name