Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive and one to 1918

and one to 1918

loop on the top of the right panel with a 255 mm chain attached

which in tense situations enabled him to hold his fire until his opponent had closed to point-blank range

in case of issue (case with stains

marked "TH" on the hanger

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive and one to 1918(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 barrel hinge and round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 24 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h), weighing 18. 7 grams, missing its pinback