Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold measuring 51 mm (w) x

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

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

measuring 30 mm (w) x 51 mm (h)

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

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold measuring 51 mm (w) x(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