Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on black wool backer

on black wool backer

and situated within a laurel wreath

In addition to the absent moisture guard

wax seal on a swatch patch attached via a pink cord

black rayon construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by B.H. Mayer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic on black wool backer(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.