Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue Auction Archive maker marked “G(ustav) Brehmerm Markneukirchen”

maker marked “G(ustav) Brehmerm Markneukirchen” and “Ges

pasted in the booklet

An Air Defense Decoration

A Hero’s Death Notice (208x295mm

and 83 who later died of their wounds

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue Auction Archive maker marked “G(ustav) Brehmerm Markneukirchen”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of nickel alloy and iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed, silvered, nickel alloy frame, the obverse with three raised central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with the reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 39 mm (w)