Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Province of China Pinned onto the cap just

Pinned onto the cap just underneath the eagle is a bronze Schwedter Eagle insignia

D involvement in out operation from November 1st 1942 to March 31st 1943

Some loosening is evident to the ring

the reverse with a screw-back and a  pin on the twelve o’clock arm

Military Preparation) above

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Province of China Pinned onto the cap just(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with a partially legible LDO code of L