Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Newly Listed and blue tri-colour motif

and blue tri-colour motif

superimposed over a forested background

All are qualified swimmer-canoeists

Badge: bronze gilt

with functional large push clip clasp directly opposite the central link

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Newly Listed and blue tri-colour motif(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 tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,