Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with PKZ code “4” for Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid, measuring 44.26 mm (w) x 44.24 mm (h), weighing 18.1 grams, in extremely fine condition.

