Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive 48mm(w) x 52mm(h)

48mm(w) x 52mm(h)

prong missing

(Issued 1901-1918)

that is hollowed-out to allow ashes to collect

was made up of carefully selected

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive 48mm(w) x 52mm(h)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened 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 crimped metal hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but displays the characteristics of a B. H. Mayer, measuring 44. 43 mm (w) x 44. 49