Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive surmounting by an enameled Imperial

surmounting by an enameled Imperial crown

constructed of different metal alloys and rayon

maker marked "OUIZILLE LEMOINE JOAILLIERS BIJOUTIERS DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR RUE DU BAC No 1 PARIS" on the reverse cartouche

17 mm x 37 mm

2 mm x 27 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth Auction Archive surmounting by an enameled Imperial(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