Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Auction Accompanied by its cardstock box

Accompanied by its cardstock box of issue

Includes two pieces: Officer's dress tunic and service cap

one period

marked “Peekhaus” for the designer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Auction Accompanied by its cardstock box(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 round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.