Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive Robespierre's guards initially allowed Renault

Robespierre's guards initially allowed Renault to see him and but required her to wait for several hours inside the deputy's antechamber

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with a slotted dark blue velvet medal medal bed

All medals were apparently issued with the recipient's name engraved on the reverse and came in a presentation case containing the name of the manufacturer on the inside cover

gold-coloured leafing on the top of the pages

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive Robespierre's guards initially allowed Renault(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 early style tapering pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei