Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Lieutenant J

Lieutenant J

Lieutenant Commander Cushman maneuvered his plane to evade determined fighter resistance and intense anti-aircraft fire in the ensuing action and

obverse illustrating Christopher Columbus' ships

in late spring of 1942

Wien VII” on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer GTRexclude Lieutenant J(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 Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm