Awarded to associated citizens in recognition of extraordinary merit
The order was further divided into the categories Merit
the reverse pebbled and stamped with a content standard of “333” indicating 8K Gold construction
the lid bearing an additional Sedlatzek maker’s mark in gilt lettering
with a single emanating ray between each of the eight star points
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Buy Now Awarded to associated citizens in(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with