Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 18 mm in diameter

measuring 18 mm in diameter to the outer edges

It carries the stamp of NSKK Motor Group Southwest and is dated to Stuttgart on August 15

exhibiting silvering wear and traces of greening on the obverse

and a period original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 18 mm in diameter(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &