Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Third Period (1873-1941)

Third Period (1873-1941)

initially flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter

1915 and disbanded on September 15

of fine quality manufacture circa 1930

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Third Period (1873-1941)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 hingeand tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code