Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The nuts and bolts holding

The nuts and bolts holding the spike in place are original but have been altered

while the interior is missing the sliding vent closure panels which once permitted the forward vents to be closed

the 26th Infantry Division

the pottery markings mentioned the SS: "DES  - WIRTSCHAFTS - VERWALTUNGSHAUPTAMTES"

he embarked Canada on March 3

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac The nuts and bolts holding(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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,