Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Ek I Class, By Carl Wild - Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity the reverse inscribed “FÜR VERDIENSTE

the reverse inscribed “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DIE REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH” (German - For Merit for the Republic of Austria)

Ernst Gisbert Groos

Lemoine made

Named & Dated 1917 - Silvered bronze with red enamels

on the pin and catch

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Ek I Class, By Carl Wild - Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity the reverse inscribed “FÜR VERDIENSTE(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,