Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of QEII (F/L A

QEII (F/L A

chipping and loss evident in the red and white enamels on the jewels of the crown on the obverse centrepiece

taking advantage of the Allied occupying force

chipping evident in the green enamels in multiple places on both sides

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of QEII (F/L A(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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with