Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive It was the testimony of

It was the testimony of survivor Private First Class Eugene Nielsen that convinced the United States military to embark on a campaign to save the POWs in the Philippines in 1945

pin marked G

Chapman" handwritten in blue ink on page 3

It is accompanied by an assortment of other personal effects

Machine vowen in blue

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Auction Archive It was the testimony of(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,