Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wächtler & Lange, With Case certificate_of_authenticity edged by bright red “rot”

edged by bright red “rot” waffenfarbe piping

clearly indicating that it is hand-crafted

exposing the manufacturer's label glued to the reverse of the insignia

1946 and assumed the role of Battery Commander with the Anti Aircraft Replacement Training Center at Fort Bliss

5 mm x 202 mm x 39 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wächtler & Lange, With Case certificate_of_authenticity edged by bright red “rot”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a 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, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge soldered on its side and vertical pinback meeting a thick flat wire catch, pinback reverse marked with 100 for maker Rudolf Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida,