Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer United Republic of measuring 44 mm (h) x

measuring 44 mm (h) x 48

the obverse center presents a handpainted red eagle

Accompanied by two Identification Tags (bakelite

inclusive of crown suspension apparatus

It is flanked on each side by pebbled aluminum buttons which accommodate a silver aluminum wire chinstrap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer United Republic of measuring 44 mm (h) x(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanlzei code 26 for