Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer Archive from February 18

from February 18

and watch for booby traps

(Bandspange)

1 'Y' Depot in Halifax

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer Archive from February 18(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 hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback bearing a Prsidialkanzlei code of 65