Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China marked "KERNSTÜCK" and maker marked

marked "KERNSTÜCK" and maker marked "L4/628/37" on the tab where it is stitched to the body of the belt

trimmed with gold bullion wire cording and suspended from a bronze hanger

number 295151

the other side with a leather strip stitched in the center creating two pockets

original white bow-tied ribbon with pinback hanger

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China marked "KERNSTÜCK" and maker marked(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,