Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Variant, by Paul Meybauer visually-hidden until December 4th

until December 4th

Pilot Badge (in silvered and blue embroidery

the exterior bearing a central raised Totenkopf flanked on each side by crossbones

(HJ-Flakhelfer Feldmütze)

A textbook example of a Faithful Service Cross awarded for 40 year’s service

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Variant, by Paul Meybauer visually-hidden until December 4th(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Re instituted September 1st, 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 is plain with a threaded post accompanied by its backing plate with a threaded male post, marked L 13 for manufacture by Paul