An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar Oberstein Archive Marine Division at Chosin Reservoir

Marine Division at Chosin Reservoir in 1950 during the Korean War

heroic and successful leadership of units in time of war

It measures 63 mm x 48 mm

A SS Totenkopf Sturmbann Konzentrazionslager Groß Rosen identification tag

but with attractive dark even patina

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar Oberstein Archive Marine Division at Chosin ReservoirAn 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;