Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Hold and was part of the

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states what German soldiers can count on if giving themselves up to Allied forces: treatment according to the Hague Convention of 1907 and of the Geneva Convention of 1929

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Hold and was part of the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse 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 maker marked with Prsidialkanlzei code 26 for