Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction revised sleeve rank insignia

revised sleeve rank insignia

s wear (as WWII badges were not allowed for wear) German Cross in "gold"

the other side with "TITO" (Marshal Josip Broz Tito

Footnote: LZ 85 and LZ 86 were P Class Army Zeppelins and were deployed to the Eastern front

Naming is officially impressed in upper and lower case

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction revised sleeve rank insignia(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a rounded catch; marked L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid on the reverse; measuring 43. 74 mm (w) x 43. 75 mm (h);