Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Schauerte & Höhfeld

(Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse with a threaded screw channel and backplate, the twelve o’clock arm with a stabilizer, maker marked with LDO code “L/54” for Schauerte & Höhfeld, Lüdenscheid, measuring 44.02 mm (w) x 44.12 mm (h), weighing 17.2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.