Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screw-back Version, by B.H. Mayer GTRexclude silver embossed regimental insignia on

silver embossed regimental insignia on the front cover

the obverse bearing a right facing portrait of King Wilhelm I as a juvenile circumscribed with “DER KOENIG DEM LANDWIRTHSCHAFTLICHEN VERDIENSTE” (THE KING THE AGRICULTURAL MERIT)

42 mm x 87 mm

reposing especial Trust and Confidence in you Loyalty

The Führer congratulates them and wishes them long and happy sunset years with their family

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screw-back Version, by B.H. Mayer GTRexclude silver embossed regimental insignia on(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse im Etui). Reinstituted September 1st, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted 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 screw back and a pin on the twelve oclock arm, marked L 18 for manufacture by B. H. Mayer of