Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity the face with the head

the face with the head and shoulders portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington

A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened brass core (non-magnetic) within a ribbed border

the tunic measuring 430 mm across the shoulders and 600 mm in length overall

a period field repair evident on the reverse via a magnetic metal support plate added on the reverse

Many bunkers had caved in

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer, Dietrich Maerz Collection certificate_of_authenticity the face with the head(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback marked with code 7 for maker Paul Meybauer,