Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of Jabo was the shortened word

Jabo was the shortened word used to describe Jagdbomber (fighter bomber) and Schnellkampfgeschwader translates to fast bomber squadron

each measures approximately 37 mm in diameter

It maintains its original 5 wood colour buttons

the inscriptions in Latin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By B.h. Mayer United Republic of Jabo was the shortened word(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 26 for B. H.