Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude A similar buckle is illustrated

A similar buckle is illustrated on page 263 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

repair evident in the blue enamels below the falcon's talons on the obverse

dated "1943" and stamped "APR" (April)

two Small: maker marked "UNITED-CARR CANADA"

one brass) with pinbacks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude A similar buckle is illustrated(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 100