Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity two gilt bronze rank pips

two gilt bronze rank pips

trimmed in a 16 mm wide strip of fine silver bullion on all five sides of the tab

It comes with two aluminum dogs tags

"A regular soldier should not only fight better than the non-regular

Kathleen Birchall

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity two gilt bronze rank pips(Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 08 mm (w) x 44. 45