A document constructed of off-white paper
in uniform and with decorations visible
with a raised molded ridge running along the outer brim
with obverse in bronze gilt exhibiting a four-armed cross with alternated lions and castles in each arm
both measuring 87
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Descher & Sohn, Munich visually-hidden A document constructed of off-white(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 10 for Descher & Sohn, Munich, measuring 44. 94 mm (w) x 45. 02 mm (h),