Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive inscribed in Gothic text "

inscribed in Gothic text " "U 53" glücklich zurückgekehrt

centering swastika

measuring 72 mm (w) x 45 mm (h)

and Zeppelins

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive inscribed in Gothic text "(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer,