maker marked "SWINSTON CO
In stamped silvered nickel
functional hinge and push-button closure
Footnote: The 239th Infantry Battalion was converted and re-designated as the 3rd Battalion
3) A Police 25-Year Long Service Cross (Dienstauszeichnung für Treue Dienste in der Polizei)
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross, I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive maker marked "SWINSTON CO(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 43. 91 mm (w) x 43. 85 mm (h), weighing 20. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original LDO