Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit

A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit Medal with 1914/1916 Clasp

the shoulder boards are surrounded by three rows of twisted and beaded bullion wire along the exterior edge with a button also denoting the personal coat of arms of Franco

(Rád Bilého Lva)

He was excepted into the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant (C-24085)

above a gilt banner bearing a black Cyrillic inscription of “ВА Г

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Paul Meybauer Auction Archive A Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merit(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 central screwpost retaining an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm topped by a stabilizer, and the six oclock arm maker