Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed During the war years

During the war years

residue evident on the obverse

ring is original but bent

with the two ends of the tally ribbon stitched to the reverse of the cap and hanging freely in a naval style

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By Klein & Quenzer Newly Listed During the war years(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver 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 full banjo style vertical pinback and barrel hinge with a round wire catch in Type A style, marked 65 on pinback for