Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold scarce version (Marko 357 d)

scarce version (Marko 357 d)

the six o’clock with a reinstitution date of “1939”

inscribed "FRANC

measuring 55 mm (w) x 95 mm (l) x 12 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold scarce version (Marko 357 d)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture