Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Archive General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf

General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

14 mm (w) x 41

the shield measuring 42 mm (w) x 92 mm (h)

issued in the capital in 1961

the obverse depicting Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing a high-collared ermine cloak

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Archive General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf(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