Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld Auction Archive 1937 and to Able Seaman

1937 and to Able Seaman on May 26

measuring 26 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

300 mm x 385 mm)

lacquered swastika in the center

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Schauerte & Höhfeld Auction Archive 1937 and to Able Seaman(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a vaulted 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 central threaded lug retaining a matching backplate, with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, maker