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 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 barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code “100” for Wächtler & Lange, Mittweida, measuring 43.92 mm (w) x 43.82 mm (h), weighing 17.5 grams, some loss of finish is evident and the swastika is damaged, in overall very fine condition.

