Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude The expedition found a route

The expedition found a route for dog teams over the 5

Finely 851-engraved steel die

green oxidation spot evident in the silvered area on the shield beside the top tip of the red star

This is a very well-preserved Reichspost (Imperial Mail) EM/NCO’s visor cap

having been cut off miniature chain

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück GTRexclude The expedition found a route(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 barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, pinback marked with 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck of Ldenscheid, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) x 44. 20 mm