Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue United Republic of The New Orleans Picayune (April

The New Orleans Picayune (April 10

SOLINGEN" (Ernst Pack & Sohne) with the company's hammerman insignia in the centre on the ricasso

Kleist wrote "Major Wulf - as commander of the 111st Infantry Regiment stormed the commanding heights of Montrebeau

the obverse with a Gold cipher of Friedrich I within a bed of white enamels

Subsequently employed as an advertising manager

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, 1957 Issue United Republic of The New Orleans Picayune (AprilEisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with raised central oak leaves with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid,