Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim Archive where he continued to be

where he continued to be treated for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M

and blue alternating enamels

and sewn onto a matching blue-grey wool backer

The underside of the visor is also in brown twill wool

Material fatigue and soiling is evident throughout

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim Archive where he continued to be(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 20 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim,