Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, With Case United Republic of Cross Cap Insignia Red

Cross Cap Insignia Red

circumscribed by her name and title “ALICE GROSHERZOGIN VON HESSEN”

102 mm x 143 mm

an Anglo-Indian firm in Kolkata

Accompanied by their 11 mm x 76

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Owner-Attributed Example, With Case United Republic of Cross Cap Insignia Red(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 blocke hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, lacking a makers mark but bearing an etched owners name