Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction featuring interesting characters and historical

featuring interesting characters and historical vignettes

that is slightly loose versus the helmet

a resident of the town of Herford in Westphalia

BERGMANN WIEN VII" on the bottom

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Auction featuring interesting characters and historical(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 LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer,