Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Buy Now with hole punched at bottom

with hole punched at bottom

diameter 94mm (3

with a single visible rivet holding the obverse eagle’s head in place

the plate marked with code “L/21” for maker Förster & Barth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Buy Now with hole punched at bottom(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 vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 32 mm (w) x 44. 37 mm (h), weighing 20. 0