Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on an elongated loop for

on an elongated loop for suspension

88 mm (w) x 57

Excellent condition

the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular base

and several well-known Canadian institutions

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Carl Wild consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on an elongated loop for(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker