Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Archive loss of finish to the

loss of finish to the visor

he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

an overseas cap insignia

measuring 68 mm in diameter

According to to War Diary records

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Archive loss of finish to the(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