Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive the present grades were established

the present grades were established when four additional grades were added to the Order

above a date of “1912”

with a barrel hinge and tapering flattened pinback meeting a round wire catch

fires and other emergencies

brass front

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Auction Archive the present grades were established(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting around wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for