Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive with clusters of five individual

with clusters of five individual rays in each quadrant

A Long Service Award for 12 Years of Service

Constructed of a silver

with ornate scalloped edging

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive with clusters of five individual(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for