Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Paul Meybauer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of interior fabric hinge cover intact

interior fabric hinge cover intact

and a Faithful Service Cross

maker marked "ZUKOV 02" on the screwback

The Luftwaffe recovered the remains of six of the crew that perished in the crash and brought them to Markendorf

1938 (CAO: 113-1938)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Paul Meybauer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of interior fabric hinge cover intact(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 screwback attachment with backplate, marked with LDO code L 13 for maker Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring 44. 44 mm (w)