Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold which took place in Italy

which took place in Italy between 1932 and 1940

granted one Good Conduct Stripe on June 25th and promoted to Sergeant on August 15th

80 mm x 36

measuring 37 mm x 37 mm

Two red cotton fields sewn back-to-back

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold which took place in Italy(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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 six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F.