Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac both likely for grand cross

both likely for grand cross awards

98 mm (w) x 64

6mm (w) x 27

It is triple etched

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac both likely for grand cross(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, using