Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac obverse centerpiece bearing the monogram

obverse centerpiece bearing the monogram of the Order (RAOB) in red and blue enamel

Three piece construction

one strap measuring 44 mm (w) x 120 mm (l)

"After he went overseas

a 2nd Lieutenant named John

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac obverse centerpiece bearing the monogram(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of