Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity 189th Infantry Brigade Plaque (brass

189th Infantry Brigade Plaque (brass

maker marked “Fritz Zimmermann

sepia-toned

rural countryside

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity 189th Infantry Brigade Plaque (brass(Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse 1939 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for maker