Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co.
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve o’clock arm, the six o’clock arm maker marked with LDO code “L/53” for Hymmen & Co., Lüdenscheid, measuring 44.40 mm (w) x 44.68 mm (h), weighing 18.3 grams, in extremely fine condition.

