Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction with a double aluminum rank

with a double aluminum rank pips

a Ukrainian Veterans of War Medal

The exterior weaving has come undone towards one of the ends

Cline was struck by shrapnel but was unharmed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction with a double aluminum rank(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.