Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude the announcement of the award

the announcement of the award appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 36034 of Friday

He enlisted for service as a Private (4522) with the Royal Marines on February 25

better than very fine condition with some scuffing and creasing of the cover

In May 1916 was buried by shell explosion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude the announcement of the award(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 inside of 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 6 for maker Fritz Zimmermann,