Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class In Case By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Heinz Funcke (born 21

Footnote: Heinz Funcke (born 21

Original case of issue

missing its vertical pinback and war time period repair to affix eagle to wreath

Originally the Regiment's name was the Second Battalion

scattered surface rust on the silvered iron base on both sides

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939, I Class In Case By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Heinz Funcke (born 21(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, a cross patte of multi piece construction with a brass core (non magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture