Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Core Type C, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive scattered gilt wear

scattered gilt wear

on an orange and white striped ribbon

Durham & Pine

medal bed is pressed foam with velvet covering

Schwäb-Gmünd” with two additional markings signature to Rettenmaier manufacture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Core Type C, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive scattered gilt wear(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 bearing a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65