Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction Archive in the oval voided centre

in the oval voided centre a Brass overlaid beaver

marked "800" (silver) and hallmarked on the reverse

A rare and desirable award

handle constructed of steel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Auction Archive in the oval voided centre(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 central lug connecting to an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, unmarked, measuring 44.