Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of covering the green Art Caps

covering the green Art Caps manufacturer's insignia

5 mm x 18 mm

a German song celebrating the soon to be won invasion of Russia

tape is missing over the hinged area on the scuffed exterior

Each of the recipients were issued their Purple Hearts on May 21

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of covering the green Art Caps(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,