Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive The blade rates at better

The blade rates at better than extremely fine with light contact to base section

evidence of mothing in the red wool on one board

likely joining a unit from the Toronto area that was not part of the 1st Division that fought in Italy

1) A miniature Iron Cross stick pin

reverse impressed 71338 SJT J

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive The blade rates at better(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 a partially legible LDO code of L