Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity stamped on the lining in

stamped on the lining in gold-coloured ink with a large SS Runes inside a circle

the exterior with a stamped inscription of “DER DEUTSCHE HOF”

57 Squadron

measuring 65 mm (w) x 35 mm (h) overall

36 mm x 45

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity stamped on the lining in(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 code 20 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim,