1939 Iron Cross 1st Class, Mint Cased
Price: Sold
Description: 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and alloy construction cross with a single piece iron core and two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with re-institution date, “1939”, to the bottom arm. The swastika is in nice high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The award has a plain reverse. The plain reverse of the award has a solid, soldered hinge, a broad, thick, tapered, vertical pin and catch. The cross comes housed in a 70mm square, 22mm thick, wood and pressed cardboard construction issue case with a simulated, grained, black leather covering. The top of the case has an impressed, silvered outline of an Iron Cross to the center. The fold back top lid has a magnetic, staggered, internal bar hinge to the reverse and a magnetic, spring loaded, closure button to the obverse. Both the hinge and the closure button still function. The interior of the top lid of the case is lined in white satin with an underlying padding. Cross is unmarked; This cross is MINT and would be hard to upgrade
