Germany. An Early Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Paul Meybauer, Berlin Archive 1917: Militärverdienstkreuz (Military Merit Cross)

1917: Militärverdienstkreuz (Military Merit Cross) 3rd Class with War Decoration 3rd Class

An extremely well preserved second war period Wehrmacht Heer (Army) long service medal bar grouping

to investigate

clock-wise from the top left: Ontario

1942 and attached to 81 Canadian Artillery Company

Germany. An Early Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Paul Meybauer, Berlin Archive 1917: Militärverdienstkreuz (Military Merit Cross)c. 1940. (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; marked 7 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin; measuring 43. 99 mm (w) x 44. 22 mm (h);