1939-42 - Right hand side collar tab
intertwined with the Korean Taeguk
original ribbon wrapped around a six-sided magnetic metal frame with pinback)
It is signed by a Hauptmann and Company Leader
"for good services with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in Antarctic expeditions between the years 1944-1950"
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By B.h. Mayer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity 1939-42 - Right hand side(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by the firm of B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,