Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude only three survived to reach

only three survived to reach the objective and beat off the German counter-attack

Banak is an airport in northern Norway which the German Luftwaffe used during the occupation of Norway

in October 1914

designer marked “OTTO PLACZEK

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By B.h. Mayer GTRexclude only three survived to reach(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B.