An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Hold Stieff was captured by the

Stieff was captured by the Gestapo and tortured for information

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 5th Pioneer Battalion

5 mm x 92 mm inclusive of its bronze gilt City of Toledo coat-of-arms

Advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1921

the Monte Olivia was chartered for use in the Nazi cruise program

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Klein & Quenzer Of Idar-Oberstein Hold Stieff was captured by theA well preserved example of an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse by a well known and desirable maker; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a round wire catch; maker marked 65 for