Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm (w) x 41

5 mm (w) x 41 mm (h)

29 mm (w) x 39

presenting minor loss of gilt and stained white enamel

in October 1946

meanwhile an SS Obersturmführer

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm (w) x 41(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring