Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed and no airfields existed in

and no airfields existed in the China Burma India Theater (CBI) for basing the large number of transports that would be needed

trimmed with dual rows of golden-yellow bands

blue rayon backer

Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 - Magnetic

but the core very well preserved

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case Newly Listed and no airfields existed in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 38 mm (w) x 44. 48 mm (h),