Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class by Klein & Quenzer

(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). A Cross Pattée of multi-piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch, pinback maker marked with code “65” for Klein & Quenzer, Idar-Oberstein, measuring 44.45 mm (w) x 44.28 mm (h), weighing 21.7 grams, in better than very fine condition.