Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed reverse illustrating the steam-powered S

reverse illustrating the steam-powered S

The recipient is Senior Lance Corporal Fritz Wittkopp of the 5th Company of Grenadier Brigade 388

a fine matching SS-Oberscharführer’s Panzer collar tabs

the other 102 stamps are used

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Ferdinand Wiedmann Newly Listed reverse illustrating the steam-powered S(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on September 1, 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a flat wire catch, unmarked, but depicting