Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screw-back Version, by B.H. Mayer Archive signed and stamped

signed and stamped

consisting of a main cord crafted of multiple thick strands of twisted bullion cords

but known to be made by Zagreb

then were seen to rush to plane - presumably to save the pilot - and they were believed to be local partizans or guerrillas

handwritten inscription and addressed on reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screw-back Version, by B.H. Mayer Archive signed and stamped(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse im Etui). Reinstituted September 1st, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted 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 screw back and a pin on the twelve oclock arm, marked L 18 for manufacture by B. H. Mayer of