Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early 1939 Iron Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity As Rear Admiral for 23

As Rear Admiral for 23 January 1941 with Franklin D

Hammer & Söhne

case soiled on the exterior)

attached to a 730 mm long black embroidered black leather strap interlaced with rows of silver bullion and red embroidery

missing thunder cloud suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Early 1939 Iron Cross, I Class certificate_of_authenticity As Rear Admiral for 23(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). An early cross with many features similar to those first war issue crosses, of multi piece construction with a blackened non magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a round