Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Auction in silver gilt

in silver gilt

slight discolouration in the white enamels on the Silver Grade badge

one with a Wound Badge

all boys of ages 12-21 were required to take part in Levente

An Original Sash for the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle - circa 1910-15

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Auction in silver gilt(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop