Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Auction the obverse depicting a red

the obverse depicting a red cross within a bed of white enamels

1916 in Thuringia

maker marked “RZM 8” presumable for “Ferdinand Wagner

He was to spend the next three months in hospital

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Auction the obverse depicting a red(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 central lug retaining a period original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, maker marked on the six