Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B.h. Mayer Of Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity wrapping around the side brim

wrapping around the side brim and terminating at the outer edge

Gisela Auguste (1897 - 1901)

unmarked on the shield

fairly persistent

naming is engraved on all three

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B.h. Mayer Of Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity wrapping around the side brimAn example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse in its case of issue; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; marked 26 on the reverse for B. H. Mayer of