Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Buy Now inscribed "ALMA" on an oak

inscribed "ALMA" on an oak leaf flanked by acorns

he became part of the 1st Battalion of the SS-Standarte “Germania” in Hamburg

maker marked "S & W" (Sy & Wagner

one with RZM paper label on reverse

and as such served the city for the site of Buenos Aires in 1853

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Buy Now inscribed "ALMA" on an oak(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). 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 shows a vertical pinback, black barrel hinge soldered to its side, a round wire catch affixed directly to the backplate in a C shape, unmarked, measures 44. 67 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h),