Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class; Brass Core GTRexclude 56 mm x 200 mm)

56 mm x 200 mm)

two of which died young

In die stamped silvered aluminum

1888 in Osnabruck Centre

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class; Brass Core GTRexclude 56 mm x 200 mm)An example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse); a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened brass core (non magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; unmarked; measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 43. 78