Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Hold an "X" bend mark and

an "X" bend mark and three crown above individual inspector number "35" and "E" (Enfield) marks on the ricasso's other side

(Feldbluse für Unterscharführer der SS-Totenkopfverbände)

The patch measures 54 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

Evelyn Smith Osborn of Fort Erie

Footnote: The Order of the Precious Crown was instituted on January 4

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer Hold an "X" bend mark and(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with a partially legible LDO code of L