Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Hold postmarked August 12

postmarked August 12

54mm(w) x 38mm(h)

Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Troops) edelweiss pin

dual laurel branches complete the bottom half of the reverse

with “140 Rgt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Hold postmarked August 12(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 13 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h), weighing 15.