Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Ellmer was promoted to SS-Sturmmann

Ellmer was promoted to SS-Sturmmann on September 1

(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter III

the Somme offensive later that year

Grand Cross (Gran Cruz)

To honor their ancestors’ service and sacrifice

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Klein & Quenzer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Ellmer was promoted to SS-Sturmmann(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, using