Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed Military District IX

Military District IX

and there is some loss of paint to the scabbard

convex brooch

the mark used for imported gold and silver objects with the ""V"" representing the Dutch word ˜vreemd"" which translates to ""foreign"" (the mark gives no guarantee of standard of fineness and was intended for imported objects only

with Cross of the order in bronze gilt and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Newly Listed Military District IX(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 inside of a ribbed silver alloy frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, with a reinstitution date of 1939 on the six oclock arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) 44. 09 mm (h),