Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold dated March 26

dated March 26

with Group Captain Johnson speaking to his graduating class: "You must keep the organization going as trained reserves are essential if we are to win

measuring 22

tape repair and scuffing evident on the exterior

Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold dated March 26(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Re instituted by A. H. on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). 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 plain, with a slender pinback, a barrel hinge and a flattened round wire catch, matched L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann on the