Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude 1928: printed in black

1928: printed in black

giving it that distinctive Canadian-appearance

35 mm x 112 mm each

an SS-Mann on January 15

the award having been lost to time and not included with this group

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude 1928: printed in black(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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker