Germany, Wehrmacht. A "Minty" 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden some foliage at the bottom

some foliage at the bottom

of identical composition and construction

constructed of cardboard-reinforced hunter green wool

born 17 February 1917 in Kassel

the two sides of the wreath linked by a ribbon banner inscribed "IRUN"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A "Minty" 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Wilhelm Deumer visually-hidden some foliage at the bottom(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,