Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity demonstrating only minor signs of

demonstrating only minor signs of discolouration

on a maroon base

a Type 4 shield in very fine condition

None got to fly in France

marked by maker’s mark of J

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity demonstrating only minor signs of(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics