Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of while another had been wounded

while another had been wounded at the same time

one for the War Merit Cross 2nd Class

on a double hanger with a green enameled clasp bearing crossed rifles on top of a target

the album bound by an olive green string fed through two drilled holes with reinforcing eyelets and tied in a knot at the front

light staining on obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class United Republic of while another had been wounded(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron core and silvered brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 44. 0 mm (h), the catch