Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold 43 mm wide x 1

43 mm wide x 1

both unmarked and measuring 34 mm (w) x 96 mm (l)

and afterwards took part in the invasion of France via Belgium

During his hospital stay

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold 43 mm wide x 1(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture