Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Newly Listed maker marked with a "square"

maker marked with a "square" (unknown but possibly Carl Dillenius

most of them showing Maricic aboard Navy ships

Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg

Both the collar tabs and shoulder boards reflect a rank of Obersturmführer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Newly Listed maker marked with a "square"(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 emanating from an oval base plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin, measuring