Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer United Republic of Wien VII”

Wien VII”

and alpinist Luis Trenker

Clipped to the ring is a bronze clip

prior to that date

1916 during the Battle of Ginchy

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Klein & Quenzer United Republic of Wien VII”(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 hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65