"V" Device on original ribbon with brooch pinback
The decoration itself was instituted in 1951
excellent early quality example
a German Air Sports Association (DLV) pin
Its common to find an older manufactured Gold cross combined with a WWI period silver gilt crown
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Iclass, 1957 Issue Auction "V" Device on original ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 07 mm (w) x 43. 81 mm, weighing 16. 0