Germany, Third Reich. A First Class Iron Cross 1939 Hold its talons gripping a wreathed

its talons gripping a wreathed swastika

Bartholomew's Hospital

light crazing in the white enamels of the obverse centrepiece

Wehrmacht Heer (Army) Panzer EM/NCO’s breast eagle

Germany, Third Reich. A First Class Iron Cross 1939 Hold its talons gripping a wreathed(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a vertical banjo style pinback, a wire catch, and a barrel hinge, marked L 12 on the reverse for C. E. Junker, Berlin, and