Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 1919 and was discharged due

1919 and was discharged due to demobilization on May 16

A hand guard emanates from the lion’s mouth and links with the lower end of the crossguard

four photos depicting a ceremony at the Tannenberg Memorial (possibly the funeral and internment of Paul von Hindenburg)

Footnote: Purple Heart awarded to John R

black mark on the bottom

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 1919 and was discharged due(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,