Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version certificate_of_authenticity The Battalion was absorbed into

The Battalion was absorbed into the 17th and 26th Reserve Battalions

marked "SILVER" on the reverse

the ends of the sweatband sewn together in beige threading

a silver white enameled Seipel’s cross

They are printed forms with only a few things filled in by hand

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screw Back Version certificate_of_authenticity The Battalion was absorbed into(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, screwback version with rear plate, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, measuring 44. 64 mm (w) x 44. 44 mm (h), weighing 21. 7 grams, in better than very fine condition.