Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity and is very rare

and is very rare

5 mm x 38 mm hanger with eagle over two U

representing airplane engines

on a maroon base

parts of white threads worn off/damaged

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity and is very rare(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics