Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class Archive as well as partly the

as well as partly the front

the cap demonstrates from material fatigue to the insignia

An extensive mixed lot of photos and documents from the estate of Reichsminister Hans Frank

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Village Messenger Calendar for the Year 1939 ("Dorfboten Kalender für das Jahr 1939"

Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class Archive as well as partly theA 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialianzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h),