Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction on May 27th for an

on May 27th for an extended period

marked "STERLING" and hallmarked with the British lion on the reverse

he was stationed in Romania

and Spanish inscription ORDEN DE HONOR Y MERITO (Order of Honor and Merit)

Measuring 13

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction on May 27th for an(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 flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.