Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction 4) A Bayer Kriegerbund (A

4) A Bayer Kriegerbund (A Bavarian Veteran’s Association) 25 year service badge

(Issued 1885-1918)

with a central monogram of Sultan Mehmed V and a date of “1915” above a silvered crescent moon

1934)l in bronze

the left and right cross arms bear the inscription TREU DEM and REGIMENT (LOYAL TO THE REGIMENT)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case Auction 4) A Bayer Kriegerbund (A(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 inside of a ribbed silver alloy frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, with a reinstitution date of 1939 on the six oclock arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 43. 94 mm (w) 44. 09 mm (h),