Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Newly Listed Wound Badge in Black certificate

Wound Badge in Black certificate

with an arm length of 590 mm and an overall length of 642 mm

circa 1960-70 period issue

demonstrating light loss of silver finish

the medals forwarded to his father

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Paul Meybauer Newly Listed Wound Badge in Black certificate(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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the