Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive a wealthy southern plantation owner

a wealthy southern plantation owner

North Sea Fleet

functional hinge and push-button closure

maker marked "SWINSTON CO

with toned silver and bronze gilt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive a wealthy southern plantation owner(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 43. 91 mm (w) x 43. 85 mm (h), weighing 20. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original LDO