Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold which threatened the retreating route

which threatened the retreating route of the 26th Panzer Division

tape repair and scuffing evident on the exterior

The inside is lined in chocolate brown cotton

In silvered patinated bronze with bronze details

slightly chipped in places

Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class Iron Cross 1939, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold which threatened the retreating route(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse). Re instituted by A. H. on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse plain, with a slender pinback, a barrel hinge and a flattened round wire catch, matched L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann on the