Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dated December 1936 and issued

dated December 1936 and issued from Düsseldorf

before being sent to permanent camps further from the front

and attributed to Kurt Schreiber

the semi-circle representative of the 72nd Infantry Battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dated December 1936 and issued(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from an oval base plate, unmarked but with the core demonstrating characteristics of manufacture by C. F.