Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 29 mm (w) x 39

29 mm (w) x 39

flanked on the right by a shield bearing a coat of arms of the former Courland capital city of Mitau (now Jelgava)

but otherwise in better than very fine condition

Weniger was then able to join the marines once again

Klasse ohne Schwertern

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity 29 mm (w) x 39(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring