Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction die struck of very fine

die struck of very fine quality and crisp details

reading “Mit besten Wünschen”

he was discharged from hospitalization on October 24th

General der Infanterie Kurt von Briesen (1883–1941)

A Foreign Made Tropical RAF Navigators Wing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction die struck of very fine(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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code