Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross I Class, by Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude XVI ILLUSTRAVIT 1779"

XVI ILLUSTRAVIT 1779"

He had an attack of Appendicitis in February 1916 before enlisting and had an operation to correct the issue at that time

vertical banjo style pinback with a barrel hinge and a rounded catch

the interior divided into four compartments

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross I Class, by Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude XVI ILLUSTRAVIT 1779"(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting an L shaped flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of