Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold measuring 103 mm x 57

measuring 103 mm x 57 mm

scarce version (Marko 357 d)

580 mm from shoulder to cuff and 665 mm total length

A textbook example of a fine quality manufacture “Flugzeugführerabzeichen”’ two-piece construction

1908 issue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold measuring 103 mm x 57(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