Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction confirming that Fritz Hofmann

confirming that Fritz Hofmann

1950 to July 27

who died on June 23

and the spring catch no longer functions

Juncker "Upright 2" version

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction confirming that Fritz Hofmann(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 emanating from an oval base plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring