Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude The full-length waistband and both

The full-length waistband and both sleeve cuffs are fabricated from an elasticized chocolate brown nylon/wool blend

the Second World War

the reverse with a narrow block hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch which emanates from a rectangular baseplate

4 September 1940

the other side having lost its smaller adjustable knob to time

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude The full-length waistband and both(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring