Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity who also ranged the Third

who also ranged the Third R

a period field repair evident on the reverse via a magnetic metal support plate added on the reverse

A miniature Order of the Oaken Crown

on a full-length folded over original neck ribbon

as well as the royal crown on the upper arm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity who also ranged the Third(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with code 7 for maker Paul Meybauer,