Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Modified for Post-War Wear, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of suspended from its original ribbon

suspended from its original ribbon fitted with five service chevrons

red interior with velvet medal bed

7 m (w) x 85

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circumscribed by a double Finnish and Swedish inscription of “OLYMPIC GAMES HELSINKI 1940”)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Modified for Post-War Wear, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of suspended from its original ribbon(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 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, Ldenscheid, measuring 43. 72 mm (w) x 43. 82 mm