Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "G-23" (Ira Green)

maker marked "G-23" (Ira Green) and marked "STERLING" on the reverse

Footnote: Maker of these medals was T

commanded by Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese

and featuring a complete and untempered 220 mm nickel-plated magnetic steel blade

In the course of its active service

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "G-23" (Ira Green)(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for