Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed Wittich fought at the Battles

Wittich fought at the Battles of Mars-la-Tour/Vionville and Noiseville

measuring 12mm (w) x 3mm (h)

he worked as a postal assistant

the reverse exterior with a maker’s mark of “JAKOB BENGEL

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case By B.h. Mayer Newly Listed Wittich fought at the Battles(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 central lug retaining a period original backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, maker marked on the six