Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity with good silver plating

with good silver plating

his family moved to Lancaster

unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Funcke & Brüninghaus

He was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on January 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity with good silver plating(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 central lug connecting to an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, unmarked, measuring 44.