Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive They fought well enough while

They fought well enough while they were behind cover and could fire their cannon and machine guns

Constructed of silvered aluminum bullion hand embroidered rolled

Immediately below on the pleat of the pocket are two horizontal thread loops

including a Kuban Shield

A lot of six picture postcards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive They fought well enough while(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issues). 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, measuring 44. 34 mm (w) x 44. 18 mm (h), weighing 20.