Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold Adolf Hitler reserved the right

Adolf Hitler reserved the right to award a special award given for outstanding and exemplary service to the NSDAP or the state

illustrating the flag of the United Kingdom in the centre

reprint of an Australian Army pamphlet

the obverse bearing a red machine-embroidered shield overlaid by a double-headed Albanian national eagle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Hold Adolf Hitler reserved the right(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 17 mm (w) x 44. 12 mm (h),