Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of impressed (9586 Pte

impressed (9586 Pte

each lion holding a book and seven arrows

There are known several variations that may include sizes

surrounded by a blue ring of enamels inscribed “Premio a la Constancia Militar” (Award for Military Constancy)

8 mm (w) x 72

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange United Republic of impressed (9586 Pte(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