Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac extremely fine condition with light

extremely fine condition with light scuffing and minimal soiling

pinned with a mis-matched government official’s tunic button constructed of gilded zink and maker marked on the reverse “ASSMANN & SÖHNE

Each breast flap also features a single pocket

Footnote: Charles Hilton was born on April 28

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Crosses I Class, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac extremely fine condition with light(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