Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Hold " and "ELLIS BROS

" and "ELLIS BROS

killing over eight hundred of the enemy and affecting the surrender of one thousand prisoners

European Theater of Operations

24 mm (h - inclusive of the wreath suspension and integral arc)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer, Maerz Published Example Hold " and "ELLIS BROS(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 screw and backplate, marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 28 mm (w) x 44. 29 mm (h),