Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 07 mm (w) x 64

07 mm (w) x 64

Very scarce in aluminum

a bronze gilt artillery button at the neck end screwed in place to a post

with some enamel chipping

the division was stained with horrible war crimes for which Pirzio Biroli was declared a "war criminal" by the SFRY

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 07 mm (w) x 64(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with