Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Klein & Quenzer United Republic of Waffen-SS Pioneer/Engineer enlisted man’s shoulder

Waffen-SS Pioneer/Engineer enlisted man’s shoulder boards

42mm(w) x 73mm(h)

5 mm x 41 mm respectively

marked “S&S 37” on the reverse

name engraved "IRVIN E

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Klein & Quenzer United Republic of Waffen-SS Pioneer/Engineer enlisted man’s shoulder(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, pinback maker marked with code 65 for Klein & Quenzer,