Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann Hold measuring 30 mm x 32

measuring 30 mm x 32

inscribed “B” in Gold within a black enameled triangle

where marching became impossible

Smith and Lieutenant (later Brigadier) Oliver Milton Martin

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann Hold measuring 30 mm x 32(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 flat vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with LDO code L