Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Hold 79 mm (w) x 65

79 mm (w) x 65

Footnote: The Order of the Precious Crown was instituted on January 4

Footnote: This medal was issued to volunteers from Catalan who served in the French Army during First World War

The doctors wanted to cut the muscles

The patch measures 54 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Hold 79 mm (w) x 65(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with a partially legible LDO code of L