Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of awarded for less than 6

awarded for less than 6 months to a handful of recipients

measuring 70 mm (w) x 30 mm (h))

18 - The Distinguished Service Order

minor enamel damage to red arms likely from use

measuring 58 mm x 42 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of awarded for less than 6(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 barren hinge and banjo style pinback meeting flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for