Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 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 block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 44.42 mm (w) x 44.48 mm (h), weighing 19.6 grams, with some oxidation evident to the core, in better than very fine condition.