Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann GTRexclude 8 mm (h) ribbon bar

8 mm (h) ribbon bar with pinback and its 17 mm (w) x 3

He was first assigned to the Luftwaffe Training Camp in Hohn on October 16th

Stalingrad and Kursk

encompassed by an open ended wreath

He was then posted to Shoemaker

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann GTRexclude 8 mm (h) ribbon bar(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 screw and backplate, the twelve oclock arm with a stabilizing pin, maker marked with LDO code 52 for C. F. Zimmermann,