Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude this fine quality five-colour embroidered

this fine quality five-colour embroidered badge features crisp detail

Three months after having been transferred to the 50th Infantry Battalion

evidence indeed of the vital importance of the project

being made a Tempoary Lieutenant-Colonel

Knight's Cross 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class GTRexclude this fine quality five-colour embroidered(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.