Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac court-mounted with pinback)

court-mounted with pinback)

Colonel Michaelis left the safety of the culvert and

Two pieces of pebbled black bakelite compose the handle grip and are secured in place with dual magnetic metal rivets

The order was established with 7 class and only award to Military men or non-combatant service men

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac court-mounted with pinback)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of