Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction This cross is issued around

This cross is issued around the same time as was Prussian 1813 Iron Cross

machine-embroidered black and gold-colored threading

on plain blue ribbon (without embroidered eagle)

numbered "4746" on the reverse

Captain Halkett and First-Lieutenant Richardson are reported as having sat back-to-back on the quarterdeck with loaded carbines and pistols

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wächtler & Lange Auction This cross is issued around(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round write catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of a brass