Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive 94 meters in length

94 meters in length

Instituted 23 April 1905 by King Friedrich August III

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

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

with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer Auction Archive 94 meters in length(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