Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In the Recommendation for Decoration

In the Recommendation for Decoration or Mention in Despatches

46mm x 53mm

obverse depicts frontal battleship cutting through waves

arm knees include nine white enamel stars

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In the Recommendation for Decoration(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with