An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt Of Pforzheim Auction two sliding steel knobs on

two sliding steel knobs on the exterior to change to red or green filters when necessary

and a gilded lion in the centre

1915 - In silver

1944 to February 4

400 survivors of the Japanese defeat at Buna-Gona were moved into the Lae-Salamaua area

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt Of Pforzheim Auction two sliding steel knobs onA fine textbook example of an Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a slightly rounded catch; maker marked 26 for B. H.