Instituted on 12 June 1792
with machine-embroidered black cotton bands at both the top and bottom
1918 and held the same rank in the RFA Reserve of Officers
After two months in England
measuring 52 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version Hold Instituted on 12 June 1792(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, Stoffausfhrung). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). An extremely well preserved cloth version of the 1939 Iron Cross I Class, consisting of a Cross Patte with a black wool base, the obverse with a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire frame, with a central hand embroidered black mobile swastika, the reverse with the remnants of an adhesive, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), weighing 3. 5 grams,