Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden was awarded the Japanese Order

was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun

signed by two Lieutenant Colonels and a Major

a medal bar featuring six decorations

circumscribed with “Gott war mit uns Ihm sei die ehre” (God was with us To Him is the honor)

Instituted on 27 December 1941

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Klein & Quenzer visually-hidden was awarded the Japanese Order(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein &