Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Hold A ball-tipped enameled red Maltese

A ball-tipped enameled red Maltese Cross in bronze gilt

mounted on beautiful original ribbon

he reached his highest position in the organisation

His American posting would last six weeks

60 mm in diameter

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Fritz Zimmermann Hold A ball-tipped enameled red Maltese(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. 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