Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of measuring 61 mm (w) x

measuring 61 mm (w) x 82 mm (h- inclusive of suspension)

18 - The Distinguished Service Order

awarded for less than 6 months to a handful of recipients

minor enamel damage to red arms likely from use

Lyman George Henderson (1920-2012

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of measuring 61 mm (w) x(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 barren hinge and banjo style pinback meeting flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for