Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold constructed of silvered tombak with

constructed of silvered tombak with multi-coloured enamels

with the date and swastika displaying post-manufacture black and red painting in addition to a re-application of silver finish

with scattered lost of gilt

encompassing as it does the difficult years of the depression

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Hold constructed of silvered tombak with(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by