Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden each tassel consisting of ten

each tassel consisting of ten 200 mm long strands of twisted yellow and white nylon cord and tied together at their mid-points via matching yellow and white nylon threading

A very fine quality example of this award

John Mann was trainman by profession

This effectively made him Germany's War Minister

measuring 35 mm (w) x 65

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker visually-hidden each tassel consisting of ten(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,