Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive Similar examples can be found

Similar examples can be found on page 66 of Angolia's publication

A Second War Governors General's Horse Guards Officer's Cap Badge - (Toronto

A large group photo showing an assembly of Heer soldiers wearing Stahlhelme

measuring 59 mm (w) x 45 mm (h) each)

Austrian Empire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive Similar examples can be found(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 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter, Bonn, measuring