Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction and was the first medal

and was the first medal for lower ranking officers and enlisted men

Very minor contact evident in the red enamels on the obverse centrepiece on the badge

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disembarking on December 8th

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction and was the first medal(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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics