Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold A pair of Third Reich

A pair of Third Reich period awards

Also accompanied by its presentation case of issue

the reverse dated “7

Citation in the London Gazette and 5th Battalion Status LIst

attached to its original belt

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold A pair of Third Reich(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 barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating