Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Paul Meybauer Auction missing the suspension bar

missing the suspension bar

WIEN" and marked with two "A's" (Made in Austria) on the pin

message written across the photograph in black ink "Herr Baron General Yamane von reinem dankbaum" with a signature below

at a Court of Inquiry

The blade sits securely within a nickel-plated alloy hilt with a hooked quillon and pommel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Paul Meybauer Auction missing the suspension bar(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 central screwpost retaining an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm topped by a stabilizer, and the six oclock arm maker