Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China on period red silk sash

on period red silk sash

All in fine to extremely fine condition

the cross consisting of a double-overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points

the reverse presents the maker mark and insignia for Ed Wüsthof of Solingen stamped onto the centre of the ricasso

1941 he won the Knight’s Cross for his 39th aerial victory

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by B.H. Mayer Province of China on period red silk sash(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H.