Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity inscribed “FORTITUDINI” (Fortitude) in Gold

inscribed “FORTITUDINI” (Fortitude) in Gold capital lettering

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constructed of gilded zink

the clasp(s) issued with the medal

3mm (h – inclusive of integral suspension)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity inscribed “FORTITUDINI” (Fortitude) in 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 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 tapering banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a brass