Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction marked "STERLING" and hallmarked with

marked "STERLING" and hallmarked with the British lion on the reverse

measuring 120mm (w) x 164mm (h) x 34mm (d)

and Spanish inscription ORDEN DE HONOR Y MERITO (Order of Honor and Merit)

he was stationed in Romania

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction marked "STERLING" and hallmarked with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.