Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction A South African El Alamein

A South African El Alamein and Monte Cassino Medal Group - 1939-1945 Star (221768 J

He was released due to ill health in 1950 and died of liver cancer on 5 September 1943 in Goslar

the pommel with a coupling housing a round turquoise stone

and some details about his heroic death on the eastern front

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp To The Iron Cross Ii Class, Type Ii, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction A South African El Alamein(1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Instituted 1 September 1939. (1940 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, in turn set above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939, the reverse retaining two of four attachment prongs affixed to a period original ribbon, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Wilhelm