Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive surrounded by the inscription "SERVICE

surrounded by the inscription "SERVICE DU CONSEIL DES 500" (Service of the Council of 500)

8 mm x 90 mm silvered zinc crowned eagle with raised wings and a shield bearing a cross upon its chest

with a horizontally pierce ball for suspension

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive surrounded by the inscription "SERVICE(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Deschler