Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Franz Joseph I (bronze gilt

Franz Joseph I (bronze gilt

retiring with them

then named Sergeant on May 21st

) Badge -  Die-stamped bronze

documents) were sold to a collector in Ohio

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Archive Franz Joseph I (bronze gilt(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 43. 94mm (h),