Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early And Scarce 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case And Bearer Photograph Buy Now scattered wear and contact

scattered wear and contact

Provenance: SOTHEBY JULY 1979

The podium of the Führer and the two monumental insignia at the honour tribune of the Luitpold arena

It includes a black-and-white photograph of the recipient pasted to the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early And Scarce 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case And Bearer Photograph Buy Now scattered wear and contact(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui und Bild). 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 raised crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, an early type,