Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, by Friedrich Orth

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). nstituted 1.9.1939 by A.H. (Issued 1939-1945). A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, marked “15” for “Friedrich Orth, Wien” on the reverse, measuring 44.31 mm (w) x 44.45 mm (h), weighing 21.9, in overall very fine condition.