Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Descher & Sohn, Munich Auction Archive approximate length 14" (35

approximate length 14" (35

meeting reinforced buttonholes on the opposing side

brass screwback marked "MAKSL

Army Group "C" in France)

he was given the government of Italian Libya

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Descher & Sohn, Munich Auction Archive approximate length 14" (35(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Descher & Sohn, Munich, measuring 44. 94 mm (w) x 45. 02 mm (h),