Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Archive presenting as a gilded bronze

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Archive presenting as a gilded bronze(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 inside of a ribbed silver alloy frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, with a reinstitution date of 1939 on the six oclock arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) 44. 09 mm (h),