Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue Newly Listed Second Class - Neck badge

Second Class - Neck badge in silver gilt and enamels

White and brown embroidery

it was also a good way to make use of ships that would otherwise had been laid up because of the Depression

enlisting "for the duration of the War or other emergency

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class In Case Of Issue Newly Listed Second Class - Neck badgeAn Iron Cross 1939 First Class 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 tapered vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch; an unmarked example; measuring 43. 73 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm (h); weighing 16. 2