Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Newly Listed Instituted 22 June 1933 by

Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg

he was appointed “Admiral Ägäis” (Agean Sea)

Both the collar tabs and shoulder boards reflect a rank of Obersturmführer

with the arms of the cross inscribed “Für die Jahre 1813 und 1814” (For the years 1813 and 1814)

maker marked with a "square" (unknown but possibly Carl Dillenius

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Newly Listed Instituted 22 June 1933 by(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