Medal Components Recovered From The Destroyed Zimmermann Factory Newly Listed An Early War Merit Cross

An Early War Merit Cross First Class 1939 with Case of Issue - Early fine quality in tombac with swords

All are period

36 mm x 37 mm)

white metal base with silvered finish to the front plate

Now enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps in Canada

Medal Components Recovered From The Destroyed Zimmermann Factory Newly Listed An Early War Merit CrossIncludes various dies, centrepieces, miniatures and insignia, in bronze or silver, some with enamels. Fire damaged, fair. Footnote: Zimmermann was a well known German manufacturer of a great variety of awards, German and International, and was destroyed in an allied bombing raid in the early 1940's on Pforzheim, Germany. Sometime in 1990, during construction on the site, a quantity of medals was discovered (about 50 kilos) and bought by eMedals. Some