Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity each constructed of crimson wool

each constructed of crimson wool with rigid card stock cores

one on each breast which have decorative straps giving them a pleated-look with brownish-green finished plastic buttons at the top

a Foreword by Chief of the General Staff

Minor issues consistent with age are evident

At twenty (20) successful patrols

Germany, Wehrmacht. 1939 Iron Cross I Class certificate_of_authenticity each constructed of crimson woolA 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialianzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 44. 44 mm (w) x 44. 33 mm (h),