Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of obverse illustrating a leaping horse

obverse illustrating a leaping horse surrounded by an open-ended wreath of oak leaves and engraver marked "G

A gold cross pattee with blue enameled arms

he served as the Director of the Race and Settlement Department until March 1939

clockwise from the left: "MITT

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer United Republic of obverse illustrating a leaping horse(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