Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden the midsection is surmounted by

the midsection is surmounted by an elaborate briquette of Hispano-Moorish style of knotted “B”s letters in white and blue enamel

maker marked "HOFFSTATTER BONN" and marked "GES

A very fine quality example of this award

This effectively made him Germany's War Minister

each tassel consisting of ten 200 mm long strands of twisted yellow and white nylon cord and tied together at their mid-points via matching yellow and white nylon threading

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden the midsection is surmounted by(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,