Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Hold 7 mm in diameter rosette

7 mm in diameter rosette

Future Rear Admiral and Victoria Cross recipient

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (missing the award)

with a single arc consisting of two facing branches of oak leaves and acorns in yellow embroidery

fifteen with lugs

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Hold 7 mm in diameter rosette(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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &