Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity It was not unusual for

It was not unusual for dates and places of birth to be inconsistent with sailors of this time period

the obverse features a rayed and faceted star similar to the Star of the Order of the Thistles

Footnote: Lieutenant Engelbert Endrass (March 2

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity It was not unusual for(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