Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim Archive Type I (1902-1920)

Type I (1902-1920)

measuring 26 mm x 31 mm

and five People's Republic awards: Cross of Merit

and sewn onto a matching blue-grey wool backer

Material fatigue and soiling is evident throughout

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim Archive Type I (1902-1920)(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 20 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim,