Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer, with Meybauer Case and Carton United Republic of blue and red enamels

blue and red enamels

the obverse consisting of an oval oak wreath topped by a plaque featuring a raised Saxon horse situated above the date “1933:

buckram backing (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue) with intact black paper backing

consisting of a NSRL-style German national eagle overlaid by a black enameled swastika

One Flak Artillery (red wool backing)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer, with Meybauer Case and Carton United Republic of blue and red enamels(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,