An Early Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Fritz Zimmermann Of Stuttgart Archive 1939-1945 - Bronze

1939-1945 -  Bronze

The underside of the collar is lined in wool cloth and has been reinforced by the use of stitching in a zig zag pattern

bottom arm marked "Fr 938 "

Munich manufacture

An Early Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Fritz Zimmermann Of Stuttgart Archive 1939-1945 - BronzeAn Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal 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 vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded wire catch; marked 6 on the pinback for Fritz