Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction It was awarded to both

It was awarded to both partisans and civilians in peace and wartime for acts of bravery

and the spring catch no longer functions

confirming that Fritz Hofmann

commander of Baltic Sea Naval Station

who died on June 23

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction It was awarded to both(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 emanating from an oval base plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring