Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold yellow and black striped ribbon

yellow and black striped ribbon

Constructed of 14k gold

interlaced with strands of rolled beaded bullion wire

Citation in the London Gazette and 5th Battalion Status LIst

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold yellow and black striped ribbon(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 horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating