Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann Newly Listed Type II (1887-1943)

Type II (1887-1943)

) In silver gilt and two-tone green enamels

marked "II" (Second Class) and numbered "47845" on the reverse

with ring)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann Newly Listed Type II (1887-1943)(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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with