Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive so he may have adjusted

so he may have adjusted his year of his birth

pinned with three bronze rank pips

after living an fantastical prewar and wartime lifestyle in China

to be dated January 1

finely-detailed insignias rate excellent

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive so he may have adjusted(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for WIlhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid,