Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 1896 in Zawieski-Bor

1896 in Zawieski-Bor

the reverse with inscription of “DEM VERDIENST 1914” (“FOR MERIT 1914”)

with silver NSDAP clasp and pinback

a Pionier officer’s collar tab

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed 1896 in Zawieski-Bor(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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 16. 0