Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold illustrating the flag of the

illustrating the flag of the United Kingdom in the centre

first published in Great Britain in 1973 by Frederick Muller Ltd

one exhibiting chipping in the red enamels

reprint of an Australian Army pamphlet

A Birks Bar Memorial Group to Pilot C

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold illustrating the flag of 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h),