Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Hold leaving a small hole

leaving a small hole

measuring approximately 180 mm (w) x 48 mm (l)

Four rows of shimmering gold-coloured threading interlaced with forest green threading

and signed in blue crayon by Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the Grenadier Brigade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Hold leaving a small hole(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