Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive regiments were usually composed of

regiments were usually composed of companies all from the same state

bearing raised “DJ/HJ” marks

that his profession was "Boer" and that he was Single

A Das Deutsche Handwerk Gesellenwandern badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction Archive regiments were usually composed of(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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker