Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction 70 mm x 112 mm)

70 mm x 112 mm)

maker marked "10" on ring) and Reich War Veteran Organization "Kyffhauser" Medal (bronze gilt)

his treatment as a Prisoner of War at Soltau was anything but humane

A second and lower class

As Quartermaster

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction 70 mm x 112 mm)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (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 shows a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, a flat wire catch, unmarked, measures 44. 37 mm (w) x 44. 52 mm (h), weighs 17. 8 grams, with light loss of black finish on the core of the