Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed including North West Campaign

including North West Campaign

including hook-backed clasp at the neck joining the two ends together

A fine quality early case

Evelyn is instructed to answer to H

paint still very well preserved with only minor chipping and very light corrosion on the “W” on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed including North West Campaign(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch, unmarked, but depicting