Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Friedrich Orth Archive 2) A War Merit Cross

2) A War Merit Cross Second Class ribbon with miniature Swords

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with a black rayon label with white embroidered characters sewn below the circled "N"

measuring 96 mm in diameter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Friedrich Orth Archive 2) A War Merit Cross(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 pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for