Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive although in Thyen's book he

although in Thyen's book he is acknowledged has having received the 1870 clasp only

an inscription of “D

measuring 214 mm (w) x 277 mm (h)

including a Reich Labour Service (RAD) Bayern-Hochland Merit Badge

and post-war life

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive although in Thyen's book he(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 six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei