Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version certificate_of_authenticity The balloon lifts off with

The balloon lifts off with carrier pigeons on board

struck off strength and posted to the 4th Reserve Battalion

gilt ribbon banner placed upon a white metal base

a fasces in her left hand

May 16th - Bronze gilt and enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel Version certificate_of_authenticity The balloon lifts off with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a convex Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened integrated catch, unmarked, measuring 42. 86