Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Newly Listed (C:14) Footnote: The Royal Flying

(C:14)   Footnote: The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to form the Royal Air Force on April 1

the reverse bearing a raised and crowned monogram of King Friedrich Wilhelm III

the interior of the cap band bears black ink stamps reading “8X” and “GJ36”

above a tresse of identical construction

on clip attached to period original sash

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Newly Listed (C:14) Footnote: The Royal Flying(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). 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, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for Fritz