Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Province of China DRESDEN” alongside the eponymous firm’s

DRESDEN” alongside the eponymous firm’s logo

A 1935 Tag der Deutschen Seefahrt badge (25-26

Before the start of the First World War

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Province of China DRESDEN” alongside the eponymous firm’s(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