Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Hold by Spink & Son

by Spink & Son

"undoubtedly the most formidable man-made defense ever contrived

04mm (w) x 71

black satin lined inside lid with a sticker affixed inscribed "Order of St

with scattered dents and contact marks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Hold by Spink & Son(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical