Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity intertwined with the Korean Taeguk

intertwined with the Korean Taeguk

Suez Canal and those parts of the Indian Ocean north of 5° South Latitude and west of 68° East Longitude

measuring measuring 83 mm tip to tip

1939-42  - Right hand side collar tab

Footnote: Awarded to select civilian and military pensioners

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity intertwined with the Korean Taeguk(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,