Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China in original leather case

in original leather case

between the inner arms and extending from the central medallion are small gold blocks demonstrating three smooth rays and four lightly hatched rays

born 14 July 1904 in Rümmelsheim

The hilt extends to meet a nickel-silver lower crossguard

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Deschler & Sohn Province of China in original leather case(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for