Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Hold with a white enameled central

with a white enameled central field depicting the NSV logo in red enamels

measuring 490 mm x 300 mm

the obverse stamped with a mark of a Bad Reichenhall-based studio

naming his next-of-kin as Edward Fritze of Limoilou

With the First World War in full swing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Hold with a white enameled central(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul