Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden topped by a German national

topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

with his signature below the text

The civil division is awarded to recognize the personal meritorious service of recipients

measuring 25 mm in length and with magnetic metal cores and horizontal pinbacks

with bronze rectangular clasp

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden topped by a German national(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker