Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, Cloth Version
(1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse). A cloth version of the Iron Cross, I Class, the obverse is constructed of fine hand embroidered twisted silver aluminum bullion threading forming the signature white metal cross pattée with a grey woven core replacing the blackened iron core, with a raised central mobile swastika and the re-institution date 1939 on the lower arm, on a white wool background with a preserved black paper backer, measuring 48 mm (w) x 47 mm (h), and in near very fine condition.

