Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction engraved "23929" on the pinback)

engraved "23929" on the pinback)

each measuring approximately 23 cm (w) x 30

well marked on reverse

as well as the medals and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

A large plaque in patinated non-magnetic metal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer, With Case, Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction engraved "23929" on the pinback)(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