Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude serving as a Temporary Captain

serving as a Temporary Captain and O

1st Class Land Service - Bronze

the reverse presents the inscription FÜR KRIEGS-HILFSDIENST (FOR WAR AID MERIT) above an oak wreath

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including a small tear to the upper left arm

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case GTRexclude serving as a Temporary Captain(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 barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating