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 wreath is highlighted with shiny acorns

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

Bennett was one year in the French theatre

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