Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed Major Vaughn led the forces

Major Vaughn led the forces across 800 meters of unsecure and unfamiliar terrain during the dark to attempt a link up with elements of another company

3 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

Marked "56" and hallmarked on integral suspension

label on the reverse maker marked "Hersteller: 122"

Both are unmarked examples and are likely a custom “one-of” order for a government building or the office of a high ranking official

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange Newly Listed Major Vaughn led the forces(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker