Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 331 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

with contact marks and surface wear

white cardboard insert placed within the base and incorporating a recessed medal bed in navy blue felt

Lieutenant Colonel Gladenko on January 30

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Ferdinand Hoffstätter Auction Archive This particular buckle is illustrated(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, maker marked with LDO code L 19 for Ferdinand Hoffsttter,