Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Archive and the American Numismatic Society

and the American Numismatic Society

but just a few months later he was reassigned to the 9th Squadron of Fighter Wing 3 and back at the Eastern Front

constructed of a wooden case with a faux red leather exterior

a rare identity tag in fair condition

the propeller spins and is held in place via a screw

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Archive and the American Numismatic Society(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 barren hinge and banjo style pinback meeting flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for