Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Battle-Damaged Screwback Example, by Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity and matching pair Wehrmacht Panzer

and matching pair Wehrmacht Panzer Enlisted Man shoulder boards

Stamped onto the right side in black ink is a mark of “VS

typewriting

12 o'clock arm cross depicting a typical of time of period Spanish Crown and a clasp both in bronze gilt

It was published in celebration of the Pilgrimage to Vimy for the Unveiling of the Vimy Memorial

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Battle-Damaged Screwback Example, by Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity and matching pair Wehrmacht Panzer(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe). 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, topped by a stabilizer, maker marked with LDO code L 13