Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, 1957 Model Auction Archive measuring 93 mm (w) x

measuring 93 mm (w) x 23 mm (h)

A pair of Third Reich badges

unmarked (usually these belts were black)

circumscribed by inscriptions “VERBAND DEUTSCHER BRIEFTAUBEN LIEBHABER VEREINE” (“ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN MESSENGER PIGEON FANCIERS”) and “FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN” (“FOR EXCELLENT SERVICE”)

4) A bavarian Jubilee Medal for the Army (Bayrische Jubiläumsmedaille für die Armee)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, 1957 Model Auction Archive measuring 93 mm (w) x(Eisernes Kreuz, 1939, 1. Klasse, 1957 Modell). Instituted 10 March 1813 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. A white metal cross paty with blackened magnetic iron cross paty imposed within a white metal hatched border, the obverse centre bears oak leaves and the 6 oclock arm bears the date 1939, the obverse is plain and bears a vertical flat pinback with a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 44. 02 mm (w) x 44. 09 mm (h), weighing 16. 6 g, very