Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of bearing a silvered Wehrmacht-style eagle

bearing a silvered Wehrmacht-style eagle

were sent to his son

obverse illustrating a leaping horse surrounded by an open-ended wreath of oak leaves and engraver marked "G

clockwise from the left: "MITT

two leather loops riveted in place on the front

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of bearing a silvered Wehrmacht-style eagle(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