Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of 41mm (x62mm including crown suspension)

41mm (x62mm including crown suspension)

scattered fraying in the bullion wire

maker marked “S&S” for “Schwerin & Sohn

one of which fought under Colonel Henry Bertram

16 mm (h - inclusive of the integral ball)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer United Republic of 41mm (x62mm including crown suspension)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patt 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 revere with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of