Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed 5 mm x 74 mm

5 mm x 74 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension

A 1930's Latvian Army Badge -  in patinated brass

along with maker’s mark – W

Footnote: The Prussian Automobile Corps (Kraftfahr Korps) was established in 1905

obverse presenting an enamelled white Maltese Cross in silver gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Newly Listed 5 mm x 74 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). 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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for