Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity Constantine - Collar Badge -

Constantine - Collar Badge - Silver gilt and enamelled

96 mm (w) x 28

Instituted in 1869

in silvered bronze (all of the silver wash has been lost due to age and wear)

the obverse bearing a central raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case certificate_of_authenticity Constantine - Collar Badge -(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 06 mm (w) x 47. 30 mm (h),