Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Wächtler & Lange, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Archive 1940: Kriegsmarine vessels

1940: Kriegsmarine vessels

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it appears that the original loop broke off and was “repaired” by drilling a hole into the iron core to create a new hole for suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Wächtler & Lange, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Archive 1940: Kriegsmarine vessels(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with LDO code L55 for