Attractive, 'Eisernes Kreuz 1. Kl.' (or: Iron Cross 1st class) being a (typical) maker- (ie. 'L/59'- and: 'o'-) marked example as was produced by the maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'A. Rettenmaier' and that comes in its original 'LDO-etui as is...

This is an attractive - and I deem just moderately worn- and/or used - example of an: 'Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse' (or: Iron Cross 1st class) being a detailed and clearly maker- (ie. 'L/59'- and: 'o'-) marked example (visible on the back of the cross) as was produced by the desirable maker (ie. 'Hersteller') named: 'Alois Rettenmaier' as was based in the town of Schwäbisch-Gmund and that came stored in its original, simulated leather-based- (and fairly luxuriously styled!) 'LDO'-marked etui as issued and/or recently found and that comes in an overall very nice- (surely issued and just moderately used- ie. worn-), condition. The magnetic cross has an overall very nice age-patina and retains truly great detail: the black-coloured core shows no rust nor real damage whatsoever: the satin-like (ie. minimally matted), black-coloured painted core is nicely preserved and is almost void of any paint-loss: it just shows some minimal paint-loss in the swastika-area and is just a bit dirty (as can be seen on the pictures). The cross is minimally vaulted ie. converse-shaped and has lost most of its 'off-factory applied' polished sides (ie. 'hochpolierte Kanten'). The back of the cross is just a tiny bit stained (but was never cleaned nor polished). The (flute-shaped) pin and catch (ie. set-up) are naturally unaltered and/or fully functional. The etui comes also in a very fine and fully complete condition: the yellowish-beige-coloured- and/or velvet-like interior is naturally present and in place: it is just a bit 'yellowed' by age (as can be seen on the pictures). The cross (ie. fully matching set!) is an evident specimen that was produced by the desirable maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'Alois Rettenmaier' as was based in the town of Schwäbisch-Gmund: it has very nice and/or pronounced detail as to be expected for a cross by this maker. Simply a very attractive - and fully matching! - IC1-set by the 'Rettenmaier' -company and that was never before part of a collection: I deem that I have priced this attractive and fully untouched example accordingly!