Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive compiled in the Office of

compiled in the Office of the Adjunct General of the Army and published by order of the Secretary of War

he was responsible for the successful clearing of a minefield near Grimsby

constructed of golden-brown rayon

two are maker marked "S-21"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive compiled in the Office of(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