on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon mounted to a parade-style bar with a horizontal pinback
constructed of solid aluminum
III Class Bronze Grade (Medaglia al merito militare)
marked “1” for “Deschler & Sohn” and “Ges
featuring a white enamelled Maltese cross with a highly detailed and delicately etched Gold griffin in each quadrant
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on loop for suspension with(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