Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive They both come with their

They both come with their original envelopes

bronze Maltese Cross on its original ribbon with brooch pinback

both unmarked and measuring 62 mm (w) x 120 mm (l)

marked “RK” (for Rudolf Karneth

Two decades later

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive They both come with their(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). 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 Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for