Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth Hold For his South African service

For his South African service

this is an extremely rare badge

65 mm (w) x 63

with facsimile signature of Generaloberst

and the inauguration of a memorial to the regiment in front of 900 veterans

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth Hold For his South African service(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for Friedrich