Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “100” for Wächtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 43.95 mm (w) x 43.81 mm (h), weighing 18.3 grams, with an age-appropriate patina throughout the frame, in overall very fine condition.