Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction with the poem inscribed below

with the poem inscribed below in Old-English type: "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses

with two crossed oak leaf branches

the two narrow ends of the fold down flap joined together via brass buttons sewn in place at the front

the 24th launched a large attack from the Sugar Refinery on September 17th 1916 that proved to be extremely costly and ultimately unsuccessful

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Wächtler & Lange Auction with the poem inscribed below(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non ferrous brass 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 flattened catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture