Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Instituted 1748 by King Frederick

Instituted 1748 by King Frederick I

initially flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter

measuring 95 mm (w) x 40 mm (h) overall

the obverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a raised and gilded monogram of King Friedrich I

the single arc of oak leaves and acorns designating it as a Commander/Captain's cap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Instituted 1748 by King Frederick(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 hingeand tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code