Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Descher & Sohn, Munich Auction Archive Army Group "C" in France)

Army Group "C" in France)

brass screwback marked "MAKSL

gilt on the ribbon banner

approximate length 14" (35

5 mm (h) ribbon bar with clasp

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Descher & Sohn, Munich Auction Archive Army Group "C" in France)(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Descher & Sohn, Munich, measuring 44. 94 mm (w) x 45. 02 mm (h),