Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction With steady reinforcement from France

With steady reinforcement from France and Canadian recruits

Very dark patina on the obverse

He was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of science by the University of New Brunswick in 1916

It was published in 1979 by Blandford Press Ltd

The helmet demonstrates age-appropriate rust and loss of paint

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction With steady reinforcement from France(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 raised barrel hinge and early style narrow pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the