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

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

with two crossed oak leaf branches

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