Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version Hold Following their service in the

Following their service in the Air Force

Lorraine Nelsen

23 mm x 31

this cross had been ground recovered during the construction near Berlin airport about 20 years ago

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version Hold Following their service in the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; 1957 reissue). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy with iron, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silvered frame, the obverse with three central raised oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked,