Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden extensive chipping is evident to

extensive chipping is evident to the enameled medallion

label inscribed in Italian affixed to the bottom identifying the order

that there was "some enlargement of the leg" and that Shaw "says it interferes with his walking and is unable to do any work that requires walking or standing long"

one strap retaining an original price tag in Reichsmarks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden extensive chipping is evident to(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