Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Buy Now circumscribed “Franz Joseph I Kaiser

circumscribed “Franz Joseph I Kaiser von Oesterreich” in capital letters

who served in 11th Kro

watermarked

posing in groups

Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Military Merit Cross (bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Buy Now circumscribed “Franz Joseph I Kaiser(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