Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class In Case By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity missing its vertical pinback and

missing its vertical pinback and war time period repair to affix eagle to wreath

Original case of issue

Carl-August von Schoenebeck (3)

scattered surface rust on the silvered iron base on both sides

Klatt was back on his feet

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class In Case By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity missing its vertical pinback and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a brass core (non 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 barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture