Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude dated "1943" and stamped "APR"

dated "1943" and stamped "APR" (April)

000 in some years

(1866-1918 Issue)

one brass) with pinbacks

repair evident in the blue enamels below the falcon's talons on the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude dated "1943" and stamped "APR"(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100