the second badge number impressed "X1732" on the reverse
maker marked with a "square" (unknown but possibly Carl Dillenius
marked "ENTWURF PEEKHAUS AUSF
measuring 100 mm wide x 260 mm in length
he was appointed “Admiral Ägäis” (Agean Sea)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Newly Listed the second badge number impressed(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