Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold 7 mm in diameter)

7 mm in diameter)

measuring 51 mm (w) x 39 mm (h) inclusive of its clasp)

has completed thirty operational trips against the enemy and has successfully navigated his aircraft to such distant targets as Nuremburg

as evidenced by a letter from his wife to the Bureau of Navigation

interior lined with off-white satin and a blue band with the maker’s details “Christian Block

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold 7 mm in diameter)(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, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for maker Fritz