Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed reverse inscribed in handwritten blue

reverse inscribed in handwritten blue ink "PTE

with addition to top being in flat silvery wire

due to a miscommunication in the chain of command

1929 to Henry M

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed reverse inscribed in handwritten blue(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. 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 round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 22 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h), weighing 15.