Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity London Gazette 22 September 1944

London Gazette 22 September 1944

On November 11 Finkbeiner received five days of detention for neglecting his uniform so much that it was rendered unusable

interior fabric hinge and exterior metal hinge intact and functional

with crossed gilded swords in each quadrant

In stamped fire gilt brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity London Gazette 22 September 1944(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a non magnetic 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15