Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Newly Listed (Орден Святого Великомученика и Победоносца

(Орден Святого Великомученика и Победоносца Георгия 4 степени)

accompanied by its hardshelled dark-red case of issue

with an Imperial cockade incorporating a black painted rayed base

suspended from arabesques with swords - marked “GH” for “Gebrüder Hemmerle

many of battle wounds

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version Newly Listed (Орден Святого Великомученика и Победоносца(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and metal alloy, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 85 mm (w) x 43. 88 mm (h), weighing