Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with silver NSDAP clasp and

with silver NSDAP clasp and pinback

both sets of lugs intact

the reverse with inscription of “DEM VERDIENST 1914” (“FOR MERIT 1914”)

in the vicinity of Souchez

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed with silver NSDAP clasp and(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 02 mm (h), weighing 16. 0