Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Variant, by Paul Meybauer visually-hidden and shows a facsimile of

and shows a facsimile of Himmler and a signature in black ink of the Leader of SS Standarte 28

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

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

The book contains 720 pages of descriptive text

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, Screwback Variant, by Paul Meybauer visually-hidden and shows a facsimile of(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