Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Newly Listed 1st Pioneer Battalion Shoulder Title

1st Pioneer Battalion Shoulder Title (browning brass

Arthus Bertrand maker mark on the pin

with light crazing present on the belt and tab

actively serving in the 1st Company of Heavy Flak Core Battery 29

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Newly Listed 1st Pioneer Battalion Shoulder Title(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 screw and backplate, marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 28 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h),