Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Republic of three with scalloped edges

three with scalloped edges

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered golden-yellow inscription of “3 MFG GRAF ZEPPELIN MFG 3”

Hierl later lived quietly in West Germany and died in Heidelberg on 23 September 1955

the interior presents a raised section for the star

reverse marked "GH 900" (Hemmerle)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Republic of three with scalloped edges(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 barrel hinge and old style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by