Both the collar tabs and shoulder boards reflect a rank of Obersturmführer
the second badge number impressed "X1732" on the reverse
most of them showing Maricic aboard Navy ships
obverse illustrating two eagles surrounded by the inscription "PROPAGANDAZUG ZUR GROSSDEUTSCHEN WAHL APRIL 1938"
marked "ENTWURF PEEKHAUS AUSF
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Paul Meybauer, Berlin Newly Listed Both the collar tabs and(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