Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold with soiling and a tear

with soiling and a tear to the lower left corner evident

and the Rear Gunner

which was rejected

The photographer is Wilhelm Pöllot from Darmstadt (central Germany)

A 1909 Franz Joseph Diamond Jubilee Plaque - In bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold with soiling and a tear(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an