Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Core Type C, by Klein & Quenzer Archive moved to either side and

moved to either side and the tightener applied

both unmarked and measuring 45 mm (w) 105 mm (l)

Imperial Time Expired Soldiers League (Teikoku Zaiko Gunjin Kai) Membership Badge (silver with gilt star

as well as deterioration of the sweatband and soiling to the interior liner

both in silvered bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Core Type C, by Klein & Quenzer Archive moved to either side and(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 bearing a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm bearing an institution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65