Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Republic of weighing 18 g

weighing 18 g

99 mm x 56

(Goldene Medaille für Verdienst um die Kunst)

central metal ring had been re-painted into grey color

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Republic of weighing 18 g(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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