Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Archive 46 mm x 55 mm

46 mm x 55 mm

loss of finish to the visor

According to to War Diary records

engraved in running script "Clifford Luce / INVESTED / June 18/49" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Archive 46 mm x 55 mm(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 bears a vertical banjo style pinback with a round wire catch, the reverse is marked 3 within a square indicative of the maker Wilhelm