Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Mine Rescue Medal

Mine Rescue Medal

presenting central maker’s cartouche of Ouizille & Lemoine as official jewelry of the Chancellery of the Legion of Honor

It sits securely within a one-piece silvered metal alloy hilt

signed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert F

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Mine Rescue Medal(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of