Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Awarded to select civilian

Footnote: Awarded to select civilian and military pensioners

A Rare Imperial German Badge for Observers on Naval Planes -  in bronze

original ribbon wrapped around a six-sided magnetic metal frame with pinback)

The interior of the kepi is lined in a champagne-coloured nylon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Awarded to select civilian(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,