Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Hold displaying engraved Spanish lettering announcing

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Hold displaying engraved Spanish lettering announcing(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issues). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 34 mm (w) x 44. 18 mm (h), weighing 20.