A Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity bronze plate with horizontal pinback

bronze plate with horizontal pinback on the reverse

Knight's helmet (WKC) trade mark logo

before being drafted to H

U-162 had sank fourteen vessels

each of the eight buttons maker marked with the F

A Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wächtler & Lange certificate_of_authenticity bronze plate with horizontal pinbackA textbook nonmagnetic private purchase Naval Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Wchtler & Lange; in silver with a blackened brass (non magnetic) core; vertical slender banjo style vertical pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; unmarked, but exhibiting the trademarks of Wchter & Lange, Mittweida manufacture; flat; measuring 43. 73 mm x 43. 71 mm; weighing 19. 5 grams; better than very fine condition with some light paint wear on the swastika.