Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Archive 1940 and signed in blue

1940 and signed in blue ink by the Commander of Luftwaffe Army Group A

RZM Marked - Bronze gilt and enamels

Since times were desperate

constructed of light grey wool

Constructed of olive-drab cotton twill with a field-grey wool underlay

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Archive 1940 and signed in blue(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter,