Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screw-back Version, by B.H. Mayer Archive but known to be made

but known to be made by Zagreb

1938 and awarded to labourers who distinguished themselves with high production rates or for development of culture/science/manufacturing

handwritten inscription and addressed on reverse

consisting of a main cord crafted of multiple thick strands of twisted bullion cords

(Braunschweig) Order of Henry the Lion (Herzoglich Braunschweigischer Orden Heinrichs des Löwen)

Germany, Third Reich. A Cased Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screw-back Version, by B.H. Mayer Archive but known to be made(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse im Etui). Reinstituted September 1st, 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a slightly vaulted 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 screw back and a pin on the twelve oclock arm, marked L 18 for manufacture by B. H. Mayer of