An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar Oberstein Archive with the eagle welded to

with the eagle welded to the wreath

The decorative cartouche above the laurel wreath

but with attractive dark even patina

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An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar Oberstein Archive with the eagle welded toAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; white metal cross pattee of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core (magnetic)within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central movile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; the catch maker marked 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein;