Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, By Hymmen & Co. GTRexclude a red leatherette exterior bearing

a red leatherette exterior bearing the crowned cypher of Leopold and an O in the bottom left corner denoting the class

red embroidery in the scroll ends of the ribbon banner

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measuring 44 mm (w) x 52 mm (h) and in very fine condition

Smaller Version (silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, By Hymmen & Co. GTRexclude a red leatherette exterior bearing(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the