Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity "Deutsche Arbeitsfront"

"Deutsche Arbeitsfront"

along with the central maker’s mark of Z

He was promoted to Oberst (colonel) in March

on 60 mm x 72 mm Army green cloth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity "Deutsche Arbeitsfront"(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 with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &