Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive 39 of which are unused

39 of which are unused

30 mm x 80

The interior of the cap had been (war time) modified by the wearer

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Pilot Officer Fred Joseph Kumsky / Royal Canadian Air Force / Special Reserve" at the lower left

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive 39 of which are unused(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse shows a vertical pinback, black barrel hinge soldered to its side, a round wire catch affixed directly to the backplate in a C shape, unmarked, measures 44. 67 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h),