Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 42.86 mm (w) x 42.38 mm (h), weighing 17.6 grams, some loss of paint is evident to the core, in overall very fine condition.