Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold Olmützer Militärmedaille 1796

Olmützer Militärmedaille 1796

The badge first appeared in Navy Uniform Regulations in 1922

In June 1941 he was engaged in battle around the fortifications of Salla in the far north

obverse illustrating a beaver in the centre

Germany. An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Wilhelm Deumer Of Lüdenscheid Hold Olmützer Militärmedaille 1796A 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