Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Its Case Of Issue United Republic of in its brown leather case

in its brown leather case

Silver with black and white enamels

with extensive strikingly candid commentary on the course of events on the Eastern Front in December 1944

numbered "1625"

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Its Case Of Issue United Republic of in its brown leather caseAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal 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 vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; vaulted; unmarked; measuring 44. 13 mm x 44. 16 mm; weighing 20. 8