Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude contact marks on the exterior

contact marks on the exterior from active use

5 mm x 46 mm inclusive of crown suspension

the clasp measuring 22

known in the Austrian courts as Franz

vertical pinback (broken off)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude contact marks on the exterior(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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with