Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann
(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939-1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o’clock arm with a reinstitution date of “1939”, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “20” for C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 43.88 mm (w) x 43.78 mm (h), weighing 19.1 grams, with some oxidation evident to the core, in very fine condition.