Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Buy Now on a wide oval black

on a wide oval black felt base

the longer of the two pieces housing a half-moon shaped brass plate on the end

He was again invalided to England

which is why there is just one fingerprint instead of two (usually both index fingers)

lose glass covering

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Buy Now on a wide oval black(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 bears a vertical banjo style pinback with a round wire catch, the reverse is marked 3 within a square indicative of the maker Wilhelm