Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer GTRexclude and almost entirely destroyed when

and almost entirely destroyed when the city fell in February 1945

marked S on pin

5mm (w) x 63

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white and blue enamelled Ustasha insignia on the peak

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer GTRexclude and almost entirely destroyed when(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, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by