An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Hold Stieff was captured by the

Stieff was captured by the Gestapo and tortured for information

the Monte Olivia was chartered for use in the Nazi cruise program

Three of the photographs have him in uniform

5 mm x 92 mm inclusive of its bronze gilt City of Toledo coat-of-arms

marked "Deschler & Sohn Munchen"

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Hold Stieff was captured by theA well preserved example of an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse by a well known and desirable maker; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed 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 vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked 65 for