Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude killing three cuirassiers and suffering

killing three cuirassiers and suffering multiple wounds in the process

he has put forth many constructive ideas and followed them through to completion

in turn circumscribed by a raised gilt inscription of “SUUM CUIQUE” (“TO EACH THEIR OWN”)

surrounded by an oval wreath of oak leaves

The book is called “Das Kraftfahrzeug” (The Motor Vehicle)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude killing three cuirassiers and suffering(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 Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.