Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of the reverse with a loop

the reverse with a loop and swivel attachment claws

(Heer Koppelschloss)

Officer and Knight/Dame

the ship again came under heavy fire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of the reverse with a loop(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei