Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Ek I Class, By Carl Wild - Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction bearing a mobile swastika constructed

bearing a mobile swastika constructed of multiple bands of black rayon

the reverse with a central red enameled medallion depicting a rampant lion

it did not join the British Commonwealth

suspended by a very unusual ornament loop suspension

but few examples of these armbands were produced

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Ek I Class, By Carl Wild - Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction bearing a mobile swastika constructed(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 border, 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, the pinback marked with code 107 for maker Carl Wild,