Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction 18 mm x 60

18 mm x 60

The grip is constructed of light yellow celluloid

22 mm x 31

with fading evident to the border of the postcard

the first of 88 missions scheduled

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction 18 mm x 60(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1