Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Buy Now B Air Ops O

B Air Ops O

the reverse is plain and bears two attachment prongs

the obverse bearing an inset colour portrait depicting Crown Prince Wilhelm in uniform

a First World War fighter ace with eight aerial victories and cousin of aces Manfred (the “Red Baron”) and Lothar who went on to become one of the most senior commanders of the Condor Legion and later attain the rank of Generalfeldmarschall and receive the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (17 May 1940) with Oak Leaves (17 July 1941) during the Second World War

86mm in length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Buy Now B Air Ops O(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 block hinge and early style tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei