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

wear to silver gilt

with a central vertical pinback having been added

in heavily silvered metal (magnetic)

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

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 &