Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold the other is silvered metal

the other is silvered metal and magnetic

1888 – April 1

with numerous interruptions and holes in the fabric

he was to see his final posting

In June 1941 he was engaged in battle around the fortifications of Salla in the far north

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold the other is silvered metalA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Wilhelm Deumer of Ldenscheid; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; maker