Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction measuring 260 mm (w) x

measuring 260 mm (w) x 600 mm (l) when folded flat

III Class: in bronze

in gilded bullion on green wool base

with a strap at the lower right for the Rosette

a gold Maltese cross with black and red enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction measuring 260 mm (w) x(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