Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer United Republic of overlaid by a Maltes Cross

overlaid by a Maltes Cross with white enameled arms

and gilded bronze numerals “54”

614 sorties from that station dropping 22

It was printed in Munich by the Buchdruckerei und Verlagsanstalt (book printers and publishers) Carl Gerber and is poster no

the lining exhibiting the impression of the once present Breast Star of the Order

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer United Republic of overlaid by a Maltes Cross(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, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin,