Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive the exterior bearing a stamped

the exterior bearing a stamped monogram of King Albert of Saxony

" When the Germans counterattacked

a Prussian Red Cross Medal

the letter is dated to May 27

bars dated between 1932 and 1940 have to be considered unofficial

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction Archive the exterior bearing a stamped(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code 100 for Wchtler & Lange,