Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of of excellent quality manufacture

of excellent quality manufacture

on top of which lays the cross of the order

reverse bearing the official arms of the four states which

on pin in blue box of issue

and Bronze Grade: four-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of of excellent quality manufacture(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.