Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Buy Now die struck in gilded bronze

die struck in gilded bronze (gilding nearly completely worn off)

the reverse centre also in silver depicting a laurel branch with the inscription AL MERITO (To Merit)

pneumonia three times

Constructed white porcelain with blended colours and incorporating intricate detail

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Alois Rettenmaier Buy Now die struck in gilded bronze(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened 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 plain with a screw plate, marked L59 underneath for Alois Rettenmaier, measuring 44. 05 mm (w) x 44. 14 mm (h), weighing 17. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original case constructed of