Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive reverse is lined with black

reverse is lined with black felt

evidence of mothing throughout the cap

slightly worn condition

But after the war became centered on trench warfare

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive reverse is lined with black(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 78 mm (w) x 42. 72 mm (h), weighing