Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Hold The note accompanying the box

The note accompanying the box is inscribed in handwritten blue ink "Dad brought this box back when he went to Siberia (with Siberian Expeditionary Force) (1919)

finishing in an acorn-shaped knot

Covenant of J

a 101st Airborne Wings Patch (in red

A reinforced flap for a dagger hanger appears beneath the interior pocket

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, By Wilhelm Deumer With Case Hold The note accompanying the box(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 bears a vertical banjo style pinback with a round wire catch, the reverse is marked 3 within a square indicative of the maker Wilhelm