Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction framed by a floral wreath

framed by a floral wreath

a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms

marked with six Japanese characters

equisite detailing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction framed by a floral wreath(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 meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 43. 96 mm (h), weighing