Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case GTRexclude the Iron Cross 2nd Class

the Iron Cross 2nd Class with a cracked iron core and surface rust

8 mm x 29 mm

Footnote: the 1st Special Service Force (also called The Devil’s Brigade) was an elite American-Canadian commando organized in 1942

stamped in black ink "VA52/38" with the SS Runes immediately to the right of the code on the front right panel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case GTRexclude the Iron Cross 2nd Class(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a screw back apparatus and back plate, marked on upper arm with L 52 for maker C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 34