Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Buy Now 1940 Onnenseite 16702”

1940 Onnenseite 16702”

maker marked GARRARD & CO

two vertical stick pins

damaged 3 others

silver with red and white enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Buy Now 1940 Onnenseite 16702”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 14 mm (w) x 44. 65 mm (h), weighing 17. 8