Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive with the wearer’s initials written

with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt

most of the sixteen rays of the sun each incorporating three gold-coloured sequins

The front is adorned with a 31

A 1937 Kleve Kreistag der NSDAP badge (3-4

flanked by branches of laurel leaves at the left and oak leaves at the right

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive with the wearer’s initials written(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