Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction December 19th

December 19th

constructed of machine-embroidered threading on a tan-coloured rayon background

A finely made star in silver gilt

marked "METALL-SAMMLUNG 1914-15" (Metal Collection 1914-15) on the inside

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction December 19th(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei