Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive 2 mm enameled Ribbon Bar

2 mm enameled Ribbon Bar

Immediately above the shako plate is an oval aluminum cockade

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

Alceste for both actions

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive 2 mm enameled Ribbon BarA 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