Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Order of Military Merit -

Order of Military Merit - White Distinction - 1st Class - Miniature - Silver gilt and enamels

the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign

the latter consisting of large studio portraits of Döppner in a Waffen-SS assault gun wrap

and his conduct was beyond praise

The reverse of the sweatband also reveals a stamped manufacture date of “1938”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Order of Military Merit -(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of