Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold enamel loss and crazing evident

enamel loss and crazing evident on the coat-of-arms

" maker mark and dated "1941" on the tab

and with an exposed core on the reverse in classic Dachau style

each of which is maker marked "J

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Germany, Wehrmacht. An Unusual 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold enamel loss and crazing evident(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 horizontal banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the core demonstrating