Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Province of China 4mm(w) x 54

4mm(w) x 54

The entire outer edge is trimmed in a rolled-around steel band

Hanson was Honourably Released from active service on September 29

marked "MADE IN ENGLAND" and maker marked "J

the reverse with an identical maker’s mark and handwritten inscription

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Province of China 4mm(w) x 54(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,