Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction measuring 74 mm x 18

measuring 74 mm x 18 mm

featuring gilded fleur-de-lys in each quadrant

Riling died in 1974

with small section of original ribbon

Service uniform of SS reserve troop

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction measuring 74 mm x 18(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code