Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude MITTWEIDA badge in gilded bronze

MITTWEIDA badge in gilded bronze

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Footnote: Private John Smitzer of the 3rd York Unit

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude MITTWEIDA badge in gilded bronze(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, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &