Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude and Flags Handout (illustrating the

and Flags Handout (illustrating the flags of the Spanish Blue Division

the twelve o’clock arm topped by an integral loop connecting a silver crown suspension

the obverse consisting of a second pattern Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

in its hardshelled "coffin-style" case of issue

with buttondown epaulette straps held in place via metal buttons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude and Flags Handout (illustrating the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring