Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold first published in Great Britain

first published in Great Britain in 1973 by Frederick Muller Ltd

reprint of an Australian Army pamphlet

WWII Women's Voluntary Services Pin - Sterling silver gilt and enamels

the obverse bearing a red machine-embroidered shield overlaid by a double-headed Albanian national eagle

Adolf Hitler reserved the right to award a special award given for outstanding and exemplary service to the NSDAP or the state

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold first published in Great Britain(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h),