Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive maker mark on reverse FAHNEN-REINECKE

maker mark on reverse FAHNEN-REINECKE HANNOVER

Instituted 1 May 1939 by Korpsführer Friedrich Christiansen

Having managed to evacuate its aircraft

Members belong to either the Civil Division or the Military Division

and on the reverse suspension

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive maker mark on reverse FAHNEN-REINECKE(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