Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 43.96 mm (w) x 43.80mm (h), weighing 15.9 grams, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather exterior liner, the lid bearing a silvered Cross Pattée, the interior with a white rayon lid liner and intact hinge cover, with a slotted off-white velvet medal bed, closing with a functional metal spring catch with exterior stud release, measuring 65 mm (w) x 65 mm (l) x 22 mm (h), demonstrating some loss of finish to the frame of the cross with bubbling of the core paint, in better than very fine condition.