An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar Oberstein Hold He was likely treated with

He was likely treated with an application of the antiseptic gentian violet

and a Third Reich Period Faithful Service medal ribbon with miniature

Silvered sterling silver

this cross is a prime and desirable example of an early 19th Century pattern PLM and likely a late crafted Baudesson cross

(*JOHN GRANGER

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar Oberstein Hold He was likely treated withAn Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; white metal cross pattee of multi piece construction, with a blackened iron core (magnetic)within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central movile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; the catch maker marked 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein;