Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of buckle has been stripped of

buckle has been stripped of its paint

20mm(height) unmarked

by maker Assmann (A stamped on reverse)

on a red artillery Waffenfarbe backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Steinhauer & Lück United Republic of buckle has been stripped of(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with PKZ code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 44. 26 mm (w) x 44. 24 mm (h), weighing 18. 1 grams, in extremely