Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction two prongs on reverse missing

two prongs on reverse missing

die struck of very fine quality and crisp details

München" on the inside lid

reading “Mit besten Wünschen”

General der Infanterie Kurt von Briesen (1883–1941)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction two prongs on reverse missing(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, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code