Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Buy Now shortly after being promoted to

shortly after being promoted to Oberst (colonel)

the victory had come at an enormous cost: 15

sewn via red threading to a 39 mm bronze disk with vertical pinback

and measuring 34 mm (w) x 34 mm (h)

The name could be Weizorek or Wiezorek

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Buy Now shortly after being promoted to(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter,