Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive Orpington) during the later years

Orpington) during the later years of the war and afterwards

profession or occupation

hallmarked and maker marked "WK" and "WILM

with a richly-detailed

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive Orpington) during the later years(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, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin,