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 studio marked at the lower

studio marked at the lower right

Footnote: The Order was instituted with other Somali awards following independence in 1960

5 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback)

demonstrating some flecking throughout the enamels with an additional chip to the six o’clock arm of the cross

There is some minor fraying of the silver thread embroidery

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 studio marked at the lower(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 round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.