Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive he returned to North West

he returned to North West Europe with them for four months (July to November 1944)

marked with logo for SMF Solingen Rostfrei

It sits securely within a silver-plated upper crossguard

hospitalized

with frog stud

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive he returned to North West(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 banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code "L 11" for Wilhelm Deumer,