Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class Iron Cross 1939, by Fritz Zimmermann
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Instituted on 1.9.1939 by A.H. (Issued 1939-1945). A cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re-institution date “1939” in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender banjo style vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, marked “6.” for “Fritz Zimmermann” on the reverse, measuring 44.08 mm (w) x 44.13 mm (h), weighing 17.9 grams, in overall very fine condition.

