Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold Dresden) on the reverse

Dresden) on the reverse

and bears the signature of Rear Admiral Leo Kreisch

The photographer is Wilhelm Pöllot from Darmstadt (central Germany)

with soiling and a tear to the lower left corner evident

which was rejected

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Hold Dresden) on the reverse(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an