Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked on the reverse

maker marked on the reverse with the logo of Christian Theodor Dicke

9 mm (w) x 79

marked with the assay city and silver standard

followed by a stint in self-contracting in the United States (1923 to 1927)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked on the reverse(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.