Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude 80 mm (h - including

80 mm (h - including the crown)

(Ehrenblattspange der Kriegsmarine)

number impressed "13977" on the reverse

he embarked for the European theatre

the son of C

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude 80 mm (h - including(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 &