Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive to be dated January 1

to be dated January 1

To which Tibbs’s friend replied

pinned with three bronze rank pips

an eight point star featuring clusters of smooth rays

21 mm x 64

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive to be dated January 1(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for WIlhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid,