Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann United Republic of the obverse centre bears a

the obverse centre bears a crowned lion holding a sword on a blue background

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chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring and in the pink enamels on two balls to the left of the 6 o'clock position

smooth finished brown underside

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann United Republic of the obverse centre bears a(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei