Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction yellow and black striped ribbon

yellow and black striped ribbon

inscribed "EXPOSITION UNIVERSALLE 1889" above and dated "2 OCTOBRE" (October 2) below

By that time

especially of the edges

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class Auction yellow and black striped ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issues). 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, unmarked, measuring 44. 34 mm (w) x 44. 18 mm (h), weighing 20.