Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Auction to supplement the identification manuals

to supplement the identification manuals then in use

few minor enamel flakes

right arm and right buttock

near extremely fine as a pair

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Auction to supplement the identification manuals(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 43 mm (w) x 44. 45 mm