Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer visually-hidden 02 mm (w) x 57

02 mm (w) x 57

illustrating a left-facing head of a dog

7 mm (h) including its Gold crown suspension

dated May 1944 and indicating that Starzecki was later reclassified from missing in action (MIA) to killed in action (KIA)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer visually-hidden 02 mm (w) x 57(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of