Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity but otherwise in better than

but otherwise in better than very fine condition

flanked on the right by a shield bearing a coat of arms of the former Courland capital city of Mitau (now Jelgava)

meanwhile an SS Obersturmführer

presenting minor loss of gilt and stained white enamel

A Coastal Artillery Badge - by L/56 (Funke & Brüninghaus

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, 1957 Version certificate_of_authenticity but otherwise in better than(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue; post 1957 reissue). Constructed of iron and neusilber, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed neusilber frame, the obverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, unmarked, measuring