1939-42 - Right hand side collar tab
the reverse with a central inscription of “FRIEDRICH WILHELM IV” within dates of “1848-1849”
measuring measuring 83 mm tip to tip
Suez Canal and those parts of the Indian Ocean north of 5° South Latitude and west of 68° East Longitude
It is signed by a Hauptmann and Company Leader
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity 1939-42 - Right hand side(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,