Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of The embroidered star of the

The embroidered star of the order

During the German occupation of the Netherlands the NSB remained the only legal party

the handle in bronze gilt and bearing an interlocking wavy pattern in the centre on both sides

measuring 29 mm (w) x 47

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of The embroidered star of the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of