Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction with period original ribbon decorated

with period original ribbon decorated with crossed swords

dated "1916" on the reverse

two 9th Division Artillery

the reverse with a RZM insignia and code “M1/72” for maker Fritz Zimmermann

with 61 of all ranks being killed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer Auction with period original ribbon decorated(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with PKZ code 26 for B. H. Mayer,