Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold interlaced with strands of rolled

interlaced with strands of rolled beaded bullion wire

5th Mountain Division

attached to its original belt

Citation in the London Gazette and 5th Battalion Status LIst

exhibiting the usual in and out runner marks and has been thoroughly polished

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold interlaced with strands of rolled(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 barrel hinge and horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating