Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction light chipping in the black

light chipping in the black finish from age

but has been replaced with the Iraq Campaign Medal and Afghanistan Campaign Medal and now serves primarily as recognition for personnel who have deployed in support of the War on Terror to locations beyond Iraq and Afghanistan

A facing-right etched Brazilian branch symbol of the Wyvern in silver gilt

measuring 19 mm (h) x 16 mm (w)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction light chipping in the black(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei