Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Fordham on Niagara Falls

Fordham on Niagara Falls

Instituted 1 May 1939 by Korpsführer Friedrich Christiansen

and on the reverse suspension

Wurttemberg: Commemorative Medal for the 25th Year of the Reign of Karl I

with the tip of the pennant lightly frayed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Fordham on Niagara Falls(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 arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of