Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic, Vienna Maker Archive retaining an intact stabilizing ribbon

retaining an intact stabilizing ribbon holding the lid in place when opened

yellow silk and velvet interior

when he sent his head of foreign intelligence to Paris and London

with this badge being worn on the battledress

He was born on November 8

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic, Vienna Maker Archive retaining an intact stabilizing ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of a non magnetic metal, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the frame demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture