Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Auction pristine example

pristine example

engraved "TUG-OF-WAR 1927 Winners" and hand-scratched "No 4 Coy CPL

After an inspection by SS Doctor Pfloeger

the obverse depicting a red cross within a bed of white enamels

440707 / Pte

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Auction pristine example(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 a central lug retaining a period original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, maker marked on the six