Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China it was stated that Boatswain's

it was stated that Boatswain's Mate First Class Smith had been "placed in the status of missing

measuring 23 mm (w) x 32

constructed of green and black wool backing (administration-reserve)

beginning in October 1940

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Wilhelm Deumer Province of China it was stated that Boatswain's(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 with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer,