Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “GESCHWADER HORST WESSEL” in Fraktur script

some deterioration of the visor and sweatband

Production of these awards ceased in 1986

Henry and Jonathan continued to expand the firm together until 1888

with a ball hinge and a crimped flat catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 narrow banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker