Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Buy Now Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County

along with the code for the maker M4/39

silvering completely worn off

The interior of the pickelhaube is in natural tan leather

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Buy Now Footnote: The Battalion was raised(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture