Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden 75mm (small version)

75mm (small version)

extensive chipping is evident to the enameled medallion

with a tear in the front right corner on the lid so that the lid sits askew versus the base

sold its London routes

label inscribed in Italian affixed to the bottom identifying the order

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden 75mm (small version)(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