Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold maker marked partially obscured

maker marked partially obscured

a Grand Cross sash badge consisting of a four-armed cross with red and white enameled arms

crazing evident in the white enamels on the shield

a royal crown is attached to the top

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold maker marked partially obscured(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 raised barrel hinge and tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked