Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue United Republic of SOLINGEN" (Ernst Pack & Sohne)

SOLINGEN" (Ernst Pack & Sohne) with the company's hammerman insignia in the centre on the ricasso

For the 25th Jubilee of the Monoplane Flight at the Cannstatter Wasen Grounds in feinzink

belonging to Reuter Karl

the reverse with a central royal crown

This die is the same as the one used for the L/14 Spange

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue United Republic of SOLINGEN" (Ernst Pack & Sohne)Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with raised central oak leaves with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid,