Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of generally by hand

generally by hand

Berlin SW 68) on the reverse

From the time of Alexandre Tache

Pte Hanson was Killed in Action on June 26

measuring 60 mm (w) x 120 mm (l) x 24 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of generally by hand(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,