Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class

(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 block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43.89 mm (w) x 43.84 mm (h), weighing 19.4 grams, in near extremely fine condition.