Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive superimposed over crossed swords and

superimposed over crossed swords and standards

This rare and interesting piece is probably from the late 19th or early 20th Century

The communist Warsaw government that had been established in 1945 by the Soviets objected

the reverse plain with a vertical needle style pinback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive superimposed over crossed swords and(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of