Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude (Luftwaffe Postkarte)

(Luftwaffe Postkarte)

with a smooth black finished upper and raw underside

the obverse with white enameled arms and bearing a central crossed sword clasp which overlays the three and nine o’clock arms

on a red felt base

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude (Luftwaffe Postkarte)(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer,