Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed 86 mm x 140 mm

86 mm x 140 mm

Footnote: FERT was the motto of the Royal House of Italy (House of Savoy) and is believed to be derived from the Latin "Foedere et Religione Tenemur" (We are held together by the constitutional pact and by religion)

hardcover in blue leather with the title printed in gilt

the hazardous rescues undertaken in 1942 and 1943

gold bullion wire trim is separating on one tab

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed 86 mm x 140 mm(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 frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B.