Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Republic of (9740 Pte E

(9740 Pte E

Offered is an excellent example of a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid

Weishaupt & Sohne

the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription and dedication from Stalag VII A in Moosburg

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Republic of (9740 Pte E(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 hingeand tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code