Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold The badge first appeared in

The badge first appeared in Navy Uniform Regulations in 1922

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1888 – April 1

for the above cited deeds in October 1917 and was discharged at Montreal in May 1919

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold The badge first appeared inA textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class (Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse) by Wilhelm Deumer of Ldenscheid; a cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed 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 slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; maker