Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude measuring 87 mm (w) x

measuring 87 mm (w) x 138 mm (h))

the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a rounded integral catch

The bottom portion of the stamp (handle missing)

he was posted to the 2nd Brigade

completing the course in April 1931

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth GTRexclude measuring 87 mm (w) x(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 flattened catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for Friedrich