Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with a leather

the reverse with a leather strap bearing nine eyelets for an adjustable fit

engaging fire with the German High Seas Fleet

The reverse features a 14kt yellow gold plate with a horizontal pin and C-catch

Measuring 30 mm (w) x 100 mm (l)

Osterheld was awarded the Knight’s Cross on March 26

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with a leather(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 flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 42 mm (w) x 44. 48 mm (h), weighing 19. 6