Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive with the silvering fully preserved

with the silvering fully preserved

" This action was cited later as evidence of Martin's gallantry

Knobloch's Crew 13 themselves were quickly running out of fuel

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Laborer

obverse centre presents a Gold latin cross with white enamel arms and a red enamel border

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive with the silvering fully preserved(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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,