Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude 5mm (h – inclusive of

5mm (h – inclusive of crown)

The picture shows him with Knight’s Cross with Swords recipient General Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (1887–1973) during the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket

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the twelve o’clock arm topped by an integral loop connecting a silver crown suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter GTRexclude 5mm (h – inclusive of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring