Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class, by Fritz Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked with the assay city

marked with the assay city and silver standard

demonstrating some flecking and loss of finish to the enamels and metal

Removing the cover to open the hatch proved impossible

with tongue attached to the underside of the boards with a rayon reinforcement strip sewn to the bottom of each

and two Russia

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class, by Fritz Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked with the assay city(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). A textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart. Consisting of a Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse is plain, with a barrel hinge, a slender banjo style vertical pinback, and a