Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction to lay in strategic reserve

to lay in strategic reserve until 1951

with hour and minutes hands

This is a fine quality and well preserved Wehrmacht Artillery Officer’s uniform tunic

he was in air combat on four occasions in the Summer of 1942

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction to lay in strategic reserve(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer,