Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Version with Case, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Newly Listed the face with an oval

the face with an oval medallion imposed centrally

measuring 130 mm (w) x 40 mm (h) and retaining one of two attachment prongs

maker marked with the stylized logo of “Metall und Kunstoff” on the reverse

three out of four prongs intact

neck and thorax

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Version with Case, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Newly Listed the face with an oval(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue) Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for