Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity with a green enameled laurel

with a green enameled laurel wreath surround

the New Zealand squadron disbanding a year later

an octagonal medal bearing the rightward facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a diadem with maple leaves and surrounded by “Elizabeth II dei Gratia Regina” as well as “Canada” in capital letters

as there are no stains and no traces of soiling anywhere on the tunic

II Class (18 July 1943)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer certificate_of_authenticity with a green enameled laurel(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