Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity but not a man was

but not a man was touched

5 mm (h - inclusive of its crown and laterally-pierced ball suspension)

accompanied by its miniature in silver

maker marked "VILARDEBO & RIERA" on the reverse

the Germans ran their main line of resistance down the center of towns located in the defensive wall

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer certificate_of_authenticity but not a man was(Eisernes Kreuz 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 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, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B.