Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Buy Now 73 mm x 127 mm)

73 mm x 127 mm)

situated within a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ” (“FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE”)

Footnote: Harold Lake was born on September 14

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Three Drucksache Coin Auction Catalogues (Number 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer Buy Now 73 mm x 127 mm)(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 and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26