Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Republic of central metal ring had been

central metal ring had been re-painted into grey color

weighing 18 g

named to Franz Scheller and promoting the recipient from the rank of Lokomotivheizer to Oberlokomotivheizer

along with moderate fatigue of the scabbard leather

the March on Rome (late October 1922)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Republic of central metal ring had been(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