Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Archive measuring 61 mm x 23

measuring 61 mm x 23 mm

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

Labrador as an Assistant to the Anti-Aircraft Defence Commander

the collar presents collar tabs constructed of lemon-yellow wool with rolled and flat silver bullion insignia consisting of a single gull above crossed branches with raised accents in the leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Archive measuring 61 mm x 23(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