Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Type VI (1936-date) Insignia in

Type VI (1936-date) Insignia in bronze gilt with red

and Border Service Medal (bronze gilt

measuring 351 mm (w) x 470 mm (h)

Footnote: Patented in France by Francois Charles Lepage in 1856

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Type VI (1936-date) Insignia in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by