Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold August 1st

August 1st

A second pattern RLB (Reichsluftschutzbund/Air Raid Protection League) membership lapel badge

1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 942 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F

all three looking skyward

measuring 32 mm x 24 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold August 1st(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver 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 barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked 3 on reverse for maker Wilhelm Deumer,