Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive and both measure 87 mm

and both measure 87 mm (w) x 137

There is minimal wear and discoloration only

white satin interior

with some remnants of tape from collector’s mounting stuck to the reverse (removable)

that his religion was either Baptist or Congregationalist

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive and both measure 87 mm(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, pinback maker marked with code 65 for Klein & Quenzer,