Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Leather sweatband slightly shows considerable

Leather sweatband slightly shows considerable wear and has mostly come off the kapi

175 mm x 247 mm)

with mild crazing throughout

The camp was set up as Number One Transit Depot for handling thousands of medical and psychological cases during the war and was referred to as 1 Non-Effective Transit Depot

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of Leather sweatband slightly shows considerable(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 border, 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 73 mm (w) x 44. 92 mm (h), weighing 17.