Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed before being sent to the

before being sent to the southern front to command South Ukraine Army Group (later renamed the Army Group Southeast)

constructed of cupal with orange enamel

Silver for Officers

including the Second Battle of Ypres

seven are artist signed "P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed before being sent to 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 93 mm (w) x 43. 74 mm (h), weighing 19. 6 grams,