Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Lyrics include a “Heimatlied der

Lyrics include a “Heimatlied der Frieren” (Homesong of the Cold)

measuring 24 mm (w) x 430 mm (l)

one with a Sudetenland Medal

General Erwin Rommel commanded the division

with minor verdigris visible

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück Auction Archive Lyrics include a “Heimatlied der(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 meeting a rounded and flattened catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics