Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive superimposed over crossed swords and

superimposed over crossed swords and standards

Poor handwriting can be attributed in part to the loss of his left arm in an accident with a firearm while hunting with Franz Ritter von Epp on September 4

marked with the "RAJD" inverted triangle insignia

marked “RZM 39” on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive superimposed over crossed swords and(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