Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China on period red silk sash

on period red silk sash

A RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst/National Labour Service) Arbeitsdank badge

1941 he won the Knight’s Cross for his 39th aerial victory

All in fine to extremely fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China on period red silk sash(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe 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 threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H.