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 An SS 8-Year Long Service

An SS 8-Year Long Service Award

and flanked by an inscription of “NSKK VERKEHRS-ERZIEHUNGSDIENST” (“NSKK TRAFFIC EDUCATION SERVIE”)

In electro-plated copper

studio marked at the lower right

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

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 An SS 8-Year Long Service(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.