Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Version with Case, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Hold retaining a certified black-and-white studio

retaining a certified black-and-white studio portrait of Arnold with a membership stamp valid for the period between April 1939 and March 1940

It is validated by two blue RKB stamps

on laurel suspension as well as unofficial bow suspension

he saved the communities from destruction by the French

constructed of multi-coloured cotton blended fabric

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Brass Core Version with Case, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Hold retaining a certified black-and-white studio(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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for