Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity Königersberg in Prussia”) with central

Königersberg in Prussia”) with central royal monograms of Wilhelm II and Auguste Victoria topped by Prussian imperial crown

blunt tip with blood grooves (fullers) on both sides and marked "GES

the loop marked “EW” for an unknown maker

Footnote: this order was established in April of 1932 by King Carol II

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity Königersberg in Prussia”) with central(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 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 physical