Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive Immediately above the shako plate

Immediately above the shako plate is an oval aluminum cockade

the obverse with the SS runes inside of an oak wreath

and featuring a complete and untempered 220 mm nickel-plated magnetic steel blade

12 Field Ambulance with what appeared to be boils on his neck

two magazine clippings with photos of a woman contortionist

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive Immediately above the shako plateA mint example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse in its presentation case of issue; 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 marked 100 for Rudolf Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida on