Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive Comprised of Gold

Comprised of Gold

Hine was later transferred to the 18th Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre

measuring 59 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) each)

glue and felt residue on reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive Comprised of Gold(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring