Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange
Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange
Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange
Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange, reverse clasp
Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange, reverse clasp
Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange
Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange, reverse pinback

Iron Cross EK1 By Wächtler & Lange

Original Iron Cross EK1 by Wächtler & Lange, with a nice blackened magnetic iron core and ribbed border, with the raised swastika in the centre with institution date 1939 below.  The reverse is plain with a vertical hinge, unmarked but attributed to Rudolf Wächtler & Lange.  The medal has no damages or repairs and is in mint condition.

 

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IRON CROSS EK1

The German Iron Cross EK1 is a former military Prussian decoration, awarded for bravery and later restored by Adolf Hitler in 1939.

The Iron Cross of World War II was graded into three main categories the Iron Cross 2nd Class (EKII), Iron Cross 1st Class (EK1), and the Knights Cross which replaced the Prussian Pour le Mérite or “Blue Max” as Hitler did not approve of much of the old Prussian order award only to officers.

The Prussian Iron Cross 1914 with black and white ribbon, was replaced with the red, white and black colours adopted by The National Socialist German Workers’ Party. with a Swastika added in the centre with 1939 beneath.