Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and flanked on each side

and flanked on each side by ventilation holes reinforced by non-magnetic metal eyelets

the fold over cover of the card illustrating a conch fronting the U

named to Oberfeldwebel Leo Hammling

the engineering officer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and flanked on each side(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 vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x 44. 37 mm (h), weighing 20. 0