Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Republic of as well as the years

as well as the years “1914” and “1918”

with a barrel hinge and horizontal tapering pinback meeting a flat wire catch

Each measuring 35 mm (w) x 115 mm (l)

still wrapped in an original silver aluminum wire cord

(HJ Paradefeldbinde für Leiter)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Republic of as well as the years(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26