Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild Hold Two small holes are evident

Two small holes are evident to the left side

measures 87mm (w) x 89

visible are four prongs that fasten the plate to the buckle

Meteorologist (M)

one of eleven soldiers clustered around a machine

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild Hold Two small holes are evident(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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker