Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of measuring 167 x 55mm

measuring 167 x 55mm

1918 while in the Argonne Forest

numbered #12

153 mm x 206 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of measuring 167 x 55mm(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 reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, using