Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann United Republic of He remained with the Duke

He remained with the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment until October 20

smooth finished brown underside

the reverse with inscription of “DER TAPFERKEIT” (“BRAVERY”) within a laurel branch wreath and above crossed standards

the wreath surmounted by a griffin

questioned after the war

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann United Republic of He remained with the Duke(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