Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed exhibiting extensive plating loss and

exhibiting extensive plating loss and surface wear on the reverse

fighting as a paratrooper with the Battalion Graßmehl of the 1st Paratrooper Division during the Sicily campaign

a Vohenstrauß Veteran & Kriegerverein badge

An “Aufklärer” reconnaissance squadron clasp

28 mm x 57

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed exhibiting extensive plating loss and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. 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, unmarked with the exception of an etched owners name of