Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Förster & Barth
(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 screwback and plate, the plate marked with code “L/21” for maker Förster & Barth, Pforzheim, measuring 44.57 mm (w) x 44.53 mm (h), weighing 23.3 grams, in near extremely fine condition.

