Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth Auction one Second Empire medal:

one Second Empire medal:

the cap measures approximately 23 cm (w) x 28

a large neck badge presenting a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials

to an Obergefreiten Franz Zeissl

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Friedrich Orth Auction one Second Empire medal:(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with the uncommon full LDO code of L15