Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed where he was declared to

where he was declared to be "An outstanding administrative officer" and deemed "quite capable of assuming increased responsibilities" on April 19th

one depicting 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH commander Standartenführer Albert Frey

in gilded metal (magnetic)

measuring 10 mm in diameter

original ribbon with Winter War 1939-1940 clasp

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed where he was declared to(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 10 mm (h), weighing 18.