Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann United Republic of finely produced in silver with

finely produced in silver with quality red enamel and gilt centre piece

medal bed in light yellow felt

(Ostmedaille mit Insignien)

who was killed in action on 10 September 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann United Republic of finely produced in silver with(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 gently tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker