Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive surrounded by the motto “Lud(ovicus)

surrounded by the motto “Lud(ovicus) M(agnus) In(stituit) 1693” (Louis the Great Instituted in 1693)

with a richly-detailed

the tab with a finished black upper

He enlisted for service in the South African War with the 2nd Special Service Battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive surrounded by the motto “Lud(ovicus)(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, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin,