Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Austrian Air Force

Footnote: The Austrian Air Force (Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte) is a component part of the Austrian armed forces (the Bundesheer)

The scabbard is constructed of thick and stiff brown leather

a Scharführer

constructed of a magnetic metal shaft wrapped in a dark blue Moroccan leather liner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Austrian Air Force(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer,