Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Instituted 23 April 1905 by

Instituted 23 April 1905 by King Friedrich August III

measuring 32 mm (w) x 1185 mm (l)

The MOFW was patterned after the MilitaryOrder of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) which was a military society for officers

most of the sixteen rays of the sun each incorporating three gold-coloured sequins

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive Instituted 23 April 1905 by(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