Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive and Zeppelins

and Zeppelins

Footnote: The Order and Medal for Bravery were instituted on July 9

In 1940 Beister joined the Wehrmacht

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 6th Mounted Rifle Battalion on April 6

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Archive and Zeppelins(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer,