Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed MOWAT) Officially impressed

MOWAT) Officially impressed

preceded in precedence only by the Medal of Valor

in April 1941

Interestingly enough

this time to the 5th Infantry Battalion for overseas service in the French theatre on December 31

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed MOWAT) Officially impressed(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 49 mm (w) x 44. 40 mm (h), weighing 17. 3 grams, in better than