Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive ring marked "3"

ring marked "3"

indicating production by an unidentified Kiel-based firm which was a prolific manufacturer of Kriegsmarine headgear

MINT CALCUTTA" on the inside lid

very good details

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, by Paul Meybauer Archive ring marked "3"(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 o'clock arm with a restitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin,