Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Buy Now standing on a balcony

standing on a balcony

overlaid by a machine-embroidered black swastika

The interior of the pickelhaube is in natural tan leather

An insurance booklet belonging to Paul Liß

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Buy Now standing on a balcony(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture