Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive measuring 55 mm in diameter

measuring 55 mm in diameter and retaining an original wax paper liner

21 mm x 64

with white enameled arms and stylized gothic decoration in green and white enamels between the arms of the cross

To which Tibbs’s friend replied

after living an fantastical prewar and wartime lifestyle in China

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive measuring 55 mm in diameter(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 with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for WIlhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid,