Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive WWI German/Austrian Sturmbattalion 11 Badge

WWI German/Austrian Sturmbattalion 11 Badge - in die stamped metal

For a medal bar

settling in Melbourne

1902 and for his service and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps (Natal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive WWI German/Austrian Sturmbattalion 11 Badge(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the reverse marked with code L 11 for maker Wilhelm