Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity A very scarce clasp

A very scarce clasp

for 40 years of service

bluish-gray mesh backer

gold end arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By Steinhauer & Lück certificate_of_authenticity A very scarce clasp(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 plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, marked L 16 and 4 both for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 44. 10 mm (w) x 44. 10 mm