Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive First Class - in bronze

First Class -  in bronze gilt and enamels

the badge constructed of stamped silver (marked “800” for silver content)

(Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht

1st November 1920

An oval badge constructed gilded and silvered zink

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction Archive First Class - in bronze(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.