Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction War Merit Cross 1st Class

War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords by Deschler - In silvered tombac

a Mecklenburg-Schwerin War Merit Cross

interior has partially separated from spine

Also included is an extensive group of newspaper published photos taken by Kratochwil

the reverse is marked “HILLENBRAND & BROER LUPENSHEID RZM M9/89”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction War Merit Cross 1st Class(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 early style tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 7 for