Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Newly Listed including Certificate of Discharge from

including Certificate of Discharge from the Canadian Scouts (in consequence of disbandment

while the underside of the sweatband is stamped with a manufacture date of “42” and a size mark of “56”

A matching crash helmet

This policy subsequently attracted much criticism

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by B.H. Mayer Newly Listed including Certificate of Discharge from(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded and flattened catch, the pinback maker marked with