Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive The interior of the cap

The interior of the cap had been (war time) modified by the wearer

with the handwritten inscription in black ink "Pilot Officer Fred Joseph Kumsky / Royal Canadian Air Force / Special Reserve" at the lower left

39 of which are unused

30 mm x 80

fabricated from fine aluminum bullion wire

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I Class Auction Archive The interior of the cap(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse shows a vertical pinback, black barrel hinge soldered to its side, a round wire catch affixed directly to the backplate in a C shape, unmarked, measures 44. 67 mm (w) x 44. 19 mm (h),