Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Core Type C, by Klein & Quenzer Archive (Karl I Variant)

(Karl I Variant)

a sash badge in silver consisting of a ten armed star with alternating red and green enamels

the reverse with a tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch

both in silvered bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Core Type C, by Klein & Quenzer Archive (Karl I Variant)(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