Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of It opens with a functional

It opens with a functional spring catch with exterior stud release and a functional hinge

The two are very close

It measures 182 mm (w) x 136 mm (l) x 40 mm (h)

around two bands of dark blue threaded piping

An Historical Perspective

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of It opens with a functional(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patt 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 revere with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of