Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Archive with RZM label on reverse

with RZM label on reverse

He saw action in France in 1940

four individual ribbon bars above the left breast pocket (World War II Victory Medal

(Fliegerhelm und Schutzbrille)

The ricasso is plain and fits snugly into the crossguard

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Archive with RZM label on reverse(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.