Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive moth hole in the white

moth hole in the white felt on one epaulette

1952 and was sent overseas to the Korean theater on May 16

In typical German manufacture

WWI 1914-15 Star trio

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive moth hole in the white(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 tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked