Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction with an arched ribbon banner

with an arched ribbon banner above engraved "D

Silvered bronze with carefully affixed copper detailing

Honour Badge of Merit – Grand Cross Star in “gold”: silver star

measuring 552

II Class Silver Grade (Médaille d'honneur de l'éducation Physique)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction with an arched ribbon banner(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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of