Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden within a laurel wreath and

within a laurel wreath and above an inscription of “VIRTUTE” (“VIRTUE”)

Private Albert Hugo Oder was with the 54th Infantry Battalion

on loop for suspension (marked)

constructed of aluminum wire ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wächtler & Lange visually-hidden within a laurel wreath and(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei