Footnote: Third Class with Swords was seldom awarded for exceptional Military Bravery and leadership
the reverse maker marked “Ferd
each perforated with three reinforced eyelets for the addition of an optional belt hanger
The black painted body of the scabbard is magnetic with minimal contact marks
and a narrow fuller runs the length of each side
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of 1939 Iron Crosses, I And Ii Class United Republic of Footnote: Third Class with Swords(Eisernes Kreuz 1939, I und II Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A pair of 1939 Iron Cross, including: 1. A I Class Cross, 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 round wire catch,