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 a silver star with clusters

a silver star with clusters of five smooth rays

the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign

he took over the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 18

Order of Military Merit - White Distinction - 1st Class - Miniature - Silver gilt and enamels

trimmed with a detailed gold bullion wire fringe

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 a silver star with clusters(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of