Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity a Foreword by Chief of

a Foreword by Chief of the General Staff

consisting of four 19

At twenty (20) successful patrols

Minor issues consistent with age are evident

one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with brownish-green finished plastic buttons at the top

Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity a Foreword by Chief ofA 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialianzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h),