Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version, Certified by Dietrich Maerz Auction Archive tales of the atrocities supposedly

tales of the atrocities supposedly committed by France's native allies at the surrender of Fort Oswego and Fort William Henry probably fresh in his mind

a portrait of a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with oakleaves and swords

gilt bronze star on a red enamelled circle

in tombac (gilding nearly completely rubbed off)

the zipper beginning at the edge of the collar at the neck line and terminates at the mid-breast

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version, Certified by Dietrich Maerz Auction Archive tales of the atrocities supposedly(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, Stoffausfhrung). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of black and grey wool with silver aluminum wire, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse featuring a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire frame frame with ribbing executed in a pebbled format, with a dark grey wool core, the six oclock arm with a date of 1939 similarly constructed of silver aluminum wire, with a central black wool