Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive and is marked with a

and is marked with a manufacturer’s stamp reading “BEROLINA

including an Enlisted Man’s shoulder strap

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Laborer

" This action was cited later as evidence of Martin's gallantry

four-piece construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive and is marked with a(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer,