Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Buy Now 38 mm (h - inclusive

38 mm (h - inclusive of crown)

was eligible

Backe managed to move to Germany in 1918

unmarked but with nearly 100% of patina

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Buy Now 38 mm (h - inclusiveA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Wilhelm Deumer of Ldenscheid; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; maker