Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive the stem is embroidered

the stem is embroidered

A Mint RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst/Reich Labour Service) leader’s belt buckle

(453 T MARTIN H Ms 55th REGt)

with 2nd Aircraftman Roy Spriggs being the other pilot

by the badge having frosted silver eagles instead of completely gilded eagles

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction Archive the stem is embroidered(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 meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 97 mm (w) x 43. 96 mm (h), weighing