Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Crunch Bead Variant, with Case Democratic Republic of the with hand embroidered in Latin

with hand embroidered in Latin script “Nordland” in aluminum silver bullion threading

Dietrich was made an honorary citizen of Berlin on May 16

2 mm x 57 mm

7mm (w) x 59

a Commemorative Sudetenland Medal ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Crunch Bead Variant, with Case Democratic Republic of the with hand embroidered in Latin(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 round wire catch, unmarked but with the characteristics of a crunch bead