Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold 1899 to August 5

1899 to August 5

7 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension)

and marked on cross with Dutch Tax mark for foreign small articles (Boar head in triangle) used until 1953

Abt 14” stamped onto both sides of the triple slotted disc

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Hold 1899 to August 5(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,