Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Hold as the Japanese southern force

as the Japanese southern force attempted to force its way into Leyte Gulf through Surigao Strait

original packet of issue with “Eisernes Kreuz

constructed of a wood frame with a faux light brown leather exterior

as having received the Mercantile Marine War Medal

An example of a NSB (National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands/Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland) Mussert Bravery Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Hold as the Japanese southern force(Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse 1939 mit Etui). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for maker