Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive First Marines

First Marines

IV Freedom Guards Regiment 30th Anniversary Medal 1918-1948

arriving in England on November 6th

with moderate wear on the reverse

initially serving with 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Archive First Marines(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 early style tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei