An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Auction WWI 148th Infantry Bn Cap

WWI 148th Infantry Bn Cap Badge - CEF - Pickled Brass

depicting a rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph

HMCS Iroquois rescued 628 survivors from SS Duchess of York

accounting for 16 of the 31 Axis vessels sunk

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Auction WWI 148th Infantry Bn CapA well preserved example of an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse by a well known and desirable maker; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked 65 for