Germany, Wehrmacht. A "Minty" 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive above a date of “1915”

above a date of “1915” in white ink

unmarked) and enamels

Issued 1856-1918

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 422 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Germany, Wehrmacht. A "Minty" 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive above a date of “1915”(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,