Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Hold Temporary in Command

Temporary in Command

slight tarnishing of the bronze elements

the front has four pockets

with an intact dark blue leather buffer pad covering the seam

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Hold Temporary in Command(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting around wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for