Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of 1886" on the reverse)

1886" on the reverse)

generally by hand

measuring 60 mm (w) x 120 mm (l) x 24 mm (h)

Berlin SW 68) on the reverse

"" The badge was to be suspended from an owl or falcon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of 1886" on the reverse)(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,