Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction launched an immediate attack against

launched an immediate attack against the Americans

each measuring approximately 23 cm (w) x 30

finely detailed white spiral pipping

engraved "23929" on the pinback)

same style as first one but smaller size (25mm x 27mm)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction launched an immediate attack against(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the six oclock arm marked with a Prsidialkanzlei number