Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive wear to silver gilt

wear to silver gilt

mounted to a five-sided metal suspension with pinback)

the obverse with a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika and a bayonet and hand grenade in the centerpiece with sun rays emanating from the centre of the left and right sides

the rope on the anchor and the tops of the flagpoles in silvered and gold-coloured wire

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive wear to silver gilt(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &