Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened non-ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Wächtler & Lange, Mittweida,, measuring 43.93 mm (w) x 43.78 mm (h), weighing 20.1 grams, the catch has been replaced, in overall very fine condition.