Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Hold and a 1914 Iron Cross

and a 1914 Iron Cross I Class among other decorations

better suited to pitched battles between regular forces in open terrain

An Austrian Imperial Military Merit Cross (MVK) - in silver

measuring 80 mm in diameter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Hermann Wernstein Hold and a 1914 Iron Cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop