Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden Sternberg (Sternberk)

Sternberg (Sternberk)

Hercules on September 2nd

gilt wear around bust

the crossguard exhibiting crisp detail

with an additional reinforced horizontal cutout for the threading-through of the accompanying dagger hanger that is sewn to the interior of the armpit

Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class visually-hidden Sternberg (Sternberk)A 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),