Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Hold measuring 80 mm in diameter

measuring 80 mm in diameter

He had been working at the first lines under shell fire from October 31

better suited to pitched battles between regular forces in open terrain

consisting of silver Stahlhelm logo mounted onto a silver and black enameled round base

An Austrian Imperial Military Merit Cross (MVK) - in silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Hold measuring 80 mm in diameter(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop