Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Friedrich Orth Archive winning the Iron Cross 2nd

winning the Iron Cross 2nd Class for his actions during the Battle of Gravelotte and the Iron Cross 1st Class for the Battle of Bapaume

consisting of six ribbons

with a black rayon label with white embroidered characters sewn below the circled "N"

four die-holes)

supplemented by black-and-white facsimile images

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Friedrich Orth Archive winning the Iron Cross 2nd(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 15 for