Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version Hold along with zippers on the

along with zippers on the underside of the sleeves

While a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III

Instituted on 12 June 1792

with machine-embroidered black cotton bands at both the top and bottom

After two months in England

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version Hold along with zippers on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, Stoffausfhrung). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). An extremely well preserved cloth version of the 1939 Iron Cross I Class, consisting of a Cross Patte with a black wool base, the obverse with a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire frame, with a central hand embroidered black mobile swastika, the reverse with the remnants of an adhesive, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), weighing 3. 5 grams,