Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction Archive marked "I21" on the reverse

marked "I21" on the reverse

the takeover did not take place

An enameled white five-armed double-ended cross in silver gilt

complete with stray cigarette residue inside it

The Iron Cross 2nd Class document is named to Pionier Birk of the 2nd Company of Pionier Battalion 111

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Auction Archive marked "I21" on the reverse(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