Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold stamped “IWD 4K 688 K”

stamped “IWD 4K 688 K” on the obverse of the tag

Reconnaissance Corps

each constructed of forest-wool

and the Rear Gunner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold stamped “IWD 4K 688 K”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an