Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude HMS Hermes (January 2

HMS Hermes (January 2

the coat-of-arms with a clear lacquered background

A mint picture postcard signed by the Luftwaffe Fighter Ace and Knight’s Cross recipient Hermann Graf of the Fighter Wing 52

75 mm (w) x 62

A four-place medal bar

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer GTRexclude HMS Hermes (January 2(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