Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude and also a period newspaper

and also a period newspaper clipping

which presents plain with the exception of a black ink size stamp of “58”

the reverse is marked “RZM SS 35/36” – for maker Overhoff & Cie

consisting of a flat base with four rivet holes

A message which followed gave the dispositions of the Somerset men:

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange GTRexclude and also a period newspaper(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a brass