Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden A very fine quality example

A very fine quality example of this award

measuring 152 mm (w) x 228 mm (h) x 7 mm (d)

measuring 35 mm (w) x 65

John Mann was trainman by profession

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden A very fine quality example(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,