Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Archive the "V" indicating the steel

the "V" indicating the steel supplier

Board mounted with pin back

measuring 61 mm x 23 mm

inside of a ribbed wreath with a raised inscription of “BLUT UND EHRE” (“BLOOD AND HONOUR”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Archive the "V" indicating the steel(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, maker marked with an LDO code of L59 for Alois