Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Hold 54mm(w) x 38mm(h)

54mm(w) x 38mm(h)

including aluminum

The leather washer at the crossguard junction remains intact and the blade only exhibits light wear from extraction and return to the scabbard

1918) was the 27th Aero Squadron’s first ace

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Hold 54mm(w) x 38mm(h)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.