Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity the "lower class" recipients were

the "lower class" recipients were getting the same award as the high ranking party apparatchiks

Footnote: this order was established in April of 1932 by King Carol II

blunt tip with blood grooves (fullers) on both sides and marked "GES

the loop marked “EW” for an unknown maker

Battalion of Artillery Regiment 58

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer certificate_of_authenticity the "lower class" recipients were(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical