Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Archive the reverse maker marked “

the reverse maker marked “ RICHARD SIEPER & SÖHNE

a highly decorated veteran of the Afrika Korps and Hermann Göring Division who received the Knight’s Cross for meritorious actions at the Second Battle of El Alamein

The Kyffhäuserbund was founded as an umbrella organization for War Veterans’ and Reservists’ Associations in 1900

a post he held until his retirement on May 31

35 mm (w) x 65 mm (h) inclusive of its "CONSTANCIA" suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Archive the reverse maker marked “(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 42 mm (w) x 44. 48 mm (h), weighing 19. 6