Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity 48 mm (w) x 54

48 mm (w) x 54

It exhibits slight soiling around the neckline from wear

indicating German manufacture

a red enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials

loop creating a button hole for uniform attachment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer certificate_of_authenticity 48 mm (w) x 54(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 raised barrel hinge and early style narrow pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the