Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Paul Meybauer Republic of a silver bullion lanyard

a silver bullion lanyard

McCrae died of pneumonia with "extensive pneumococcus meningitis"

Type V (1945-1970)

the bottom in a salmon-coloured silk

47 mm (h - inclusive of ribbon suspension)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by Paul Meybauer Republic of a silver bullion lanyard(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