Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Badges Newly Listed Minister of National Defence

Minister of National Defence

along with being maker marked ""A

An award document for an Iron Cross I Class

" (Klein & Quenzer AG

chipping and loss evident in the red and green enamels at the base of the crown on both sides

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair Of Badges Newly Listed Minister of National Defence(Drittes Reich Abzeichen). A pair of Third Reich badges, including a 1939 Iron Cross I Class, constructed of iron and silver, consisting of 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback with a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 04 mm (w) x 43. 92 mm (h), weighing 15. 7 grams, the