Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive illustrating the Straja Țării insignia

illustrating the Straja Țării insignia with "14LEI" at its base

went to Egypt with the 8th Army

maker marked "DESCHLER & SOHN MUCHEN" on the inside lid

the obverse bearing a Heer-style German national eagle clutching a swastika

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with LDO Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Archive illustrating the Straja Țării insignia(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