Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction commander of Baltic Sea Naval

commander of Baltic Sea Naval Station

the reverse has a protective black rayon strip covering the embroidery

It was awarded to both partisans and civilians in peace and wartime for acts of bravery

in turn surrounded by a green enameled laurel leaf wreath

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction commander of Baltic Sea Naval(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