Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive previously acquired by SS commander

previously acquired by SS commander and AH bodyguard Richard Schulze-Kossens (1914-1988) through Stephen W

and Special Constabulary Long Service Medal

He was saved by the gallant effort of an Australian Air Force POW

1917 and after four days rest

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive previously acquired by SS commander(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 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 block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical