Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel-Style By Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now The top of the case

The top of the case features a plate of an early type SA belt buckle (note the sunshine-wheel swastika)

naming his next-of-kin as Thomas Elmitt of Ottawa

a C Class submarine that was noted for making two successful reconnaissance trips off the Belgian coast at Zeebrugge

impressed ARGENT on the rim

and Victory Medal (511851 PTE

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Schinkel-Style By Wilhelm Deumer Buy Now The top of the case(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 crimped wraparound hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture