Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann United Republic of surrounded by two intertwined branches

surrounded by two intertwined branches of thorns above

(Ostmedaille mit Insignien)

measuring 68 mm x 41 mm

medal bed in light yellow felt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann United Republic of surrounded by two intertwined branches(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 gently tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker