Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden showing clear examples of use/wear

showing clear examples of use/wear

A rare soup bowl from the Gästehaus Reichsparteitag

the reverse maker marked

chipped enamels in the band of the crown

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden showing clear examples of use/wear(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