Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold The interior is cotton lined

The interior is cotton lined and is unmarked

Footnote: Third-issue Soldbuch of Oberfeldwebel (First Sergeant) Werner Kahnt

These badges were only awarded fo the German Veterans entitled to this badge during the War

Bartels led a successful campaign to prevent the unveiling of a statue of Heinrich Heine in 1906

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold The interior is cotton lined(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 47. 30 mm (h),