An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Auction illustrating a left-facing eagle sitting

illustrating a left-facing eagle sitting upon the Olympic rings in the spoon's bowl

SS Division Das Reich and VI (Latvian) SS Corps

his acceptance issued on November 19

measuring 397 mm in length

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Auction illustrating a left-facing eagle sittingA well preserved example of an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse by a well known and desirable maker; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked 65 for