Attractive, 'Eisernes Kreuz 1. Kl.' (or: Iron Cross 1st class) being a (typical) maker- (ie. '100'-) marked example as was produced by the maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'R. Wächtler u. Lange' and that comes as issued and stored for decades

This is a truly 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. '100'-) marked example (visible on the back of the pin as more often) as was produced by the desirable maker (ie. 'Hersteller') named: 'R. Wächtler u. Lange' as was based in the town of Mittwaida in Sachsen 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 damage whatsoever: the satin-like (ie. minimally matted), black-coloured painted core is truly very nicely preserved and is totally void of any paint-loss (as can be seen on the pictures). The cross retains, moreover, a fair bit 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 cross is an evident specimen that was produced by the desirable maker (ie. 'Hersteller'): 'R. Wächtler u. Lange' as was based in the town of Mittwaida in Sachsen: it has very nice and/or pronounced detail as to be expected for a cross by this maker. Simply an attractive EKI. Klasse by the 'Wächtler u. Lange'-company and that was never before part of a collection: I deem that I have priced this attractive and fully untouched example accordingly!

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