Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden segments of laurel and oak

segments of laurel and oak leaves in each quadrant

otherwise known as Soldier's Heart or Effort Syndrome

demonstrating crude repair and replacement of the pin

Type I (เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก / Kherụ̄̀xngrāchxis̄riyāp̣hrṇ̒ cĥāngp̄heụ̄xk): in silver gilt with red and green enamels

measuring 130 mm x 46 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden segments of laurel and oak(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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by