Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue Newly Listed Second Class - Neck badge

Second Class - Neck badge in silver gilt and enamels

the 9th Battery

White and brown embroidery

enlisting "for the duration of the War or other emergency

exhibiting very fine cross-graining

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue Newly Listed Second Class - Neck badgeAn Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed 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 tapered vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; an unmarked example; measuring 43. 73 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm (h); weighing 16. 2