Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Hold served with the Imperial German

served with the Imperial German Army in the First World War and later saw service in the Spanish Civil War as part of the Condor Legion

convex reverse

A fine quality manufacture

The 31st took part in the First Afghan War (1839-42)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Hold served with the Imperial German(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,