Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Province of China Australian Flying Corps in France

Australian Flying Corps in France

1911 Issue

demonstrating minor surface oxidation and loss of finish to the core

at the rate of 40 Per Cent

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Province of China Australian Flying Corps in France(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