Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Late 1941: Wolmirstedt/Köthen/Bad Oeynhausen

Late 1941: Wolmirstedt/Köthen/Bad Oeynhausen

A table medal for “Hervorragende Leistung” (Outstanding Performance) by the Reichsverband für das Deutsche Hundewesen/Association for the German Kennels

as well as the medals and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Captain Baum ordered every man for himself

same style as first one but smaller size (25mm x 27mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Late 1941: Wolmirstedt/Köthen/Bad Oeynhausen(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the six oclock arm marked with a Prsidialkanzlei number