Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of he was later declared Killed

he was later declared Killed in Action during the Dieppe Raid on August 19

the rear of the helmet with an additional flap that is held up via dual snap closures and designed to cover the exposed neck

The Luftwaffe civil employee insignia consist of a national eagle emblem in silvered cupal

marked on suspension arch (Rothe

Dagger is complete with fine quality brown leather hanger with early Nickel-silver buckle and unmarked upper clip

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Deschler & Sohn, Dietrich Maerz Collection United Republic of he was later declared Killed(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1