Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case GTRexclude 12 Squadron in August 1943

12 Squadron in August 1943

His first name is difficult to read

bronze star clasp denoting twenty-five years' service on the original ribbon with pinback

1922 as a telegraph worker respectively telegraph construction worker

surrounded by the inscription "DIE K

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case GTRexclude 12 Squadron in August 1943(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a screw back apparatus and back plate, marked on upper arm with L 52 for maker C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 34