Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude with minor loss of core

with minor loss of core finish

began an intense artillery bombardment on the southern edge

along with an original replacement ribbon

the coat-of-arms with a clear lacquered background

TEL-EL-KEBIR (renamed: No 14781

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude with minor loss of core(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