Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China who were at times subjected

who were at times subjected to a seemingly systematic brutality by the Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian occupation forces during the war

1940 he was awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class as Leutnant

superimposed with the Roman numerals XXV (25)

he returned to North West Europe with them for four months (July to November 1944)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China who were at times subjected(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop