Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed replacement ribbon with hook and

replacement ribbon with hook and eye

the other 102 stamps are used

The recipient is Senior Lance Corporal Fritz Wittkopp of the 5th Company of Grenadier Brigade 388

a fine matching SS-Oberscharführer’s Panzer collar tabs

38cm (15 ½ inches) in length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed replacement ribbon with hook and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch, unmarked, but depicting