Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version, With Dietrich Maerz Certification GTRexclude maker marked “List & Mertz

maker marked “List & Mertz

General Orders: Headquarters

CARLOS THAYS (HIJO)" with a second plaque below inscribed "25 DE AGUSTO / 1825-1925" (August 25 / 1825-1925)

Tisdall recognized that he had the perfect product and was determined to find the best way to market it

A bronze gilt Maltese cross with white enameled arms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Cloth Version, With Dietrich Maerz Certification GTRexclude maker marked “List & Mertz(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, Stoffausfhrung). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of black wool, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse featuring machine embroidered silver aluminum wire arms border on the interior with flat wire simulating the pebbling of a metal cross, with a central machine embroidered black mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a machine embroidered date of 1939, the reverse featuring a field grey