Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity obverse with German national eagle

obverse with German national eagle inlaid with mobile swastika breaking chains around its legs

red service chevron

(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939)

The collars are sewn in place to the body of the blouse

he calmly directed the fire of his squad and that of a nearby tank on four enemy stone and concrete emplacements

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity obverse with German national eagle(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for