Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity white metal and enamels

white metal and enamels

(Military Division)

the long-time soldier filed for retirement for health reasons

suspension ring hosts a smaller internal ring at 12 o’clock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity white metal and enamels(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.