Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude Diamond shaped badge with red

Diamond shaped badge with red enameled border

and a bow covering a pipe on the right

the lower right corner of the image overlaid by Zürn’s handwritten signature situated above an partially legible date for the year 1944

with the ribbing consisting of twisted and rolled wire cord

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer GTRexclude Diamond shaped badge with red(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul