Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version GTRexclude NS Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude"

NS Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude" at the far left and "Gau Düsseldorf" at the far right

Klasse mit Schwertern) in silvered feinzink

copyright 1932

on March 4

flap pockets opening with a reinforced buttonhole meeting a non-magnetic bronze button made by Sydney Griffith Birmingham

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Version GTRexclude NS Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude"(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