Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity first as a Surveyor

first as a Surveyor

with crossed gilded swords in each quadrant

with both sides of the collar at the opening having Artillery Officer's collar tabs in fine silvered wire threading on red wool base sewn in place

In stamped fire gilt brass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Friedrich Orth certificate_of_authenticity first as a Surveyor(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and brass, consisting of a Cross Patte with a non magnetic 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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15