1939 Iron Cross 1st Class, Cased by Zimmermann
Price: $495
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription: 1939 pattern, die struck, three piece, iron and nickel/silver plated alloy construction Pattée style cross with a single piece iron core and a two piece alloy frame. The obverse of the award features an embossed, central, canted, swastika with the re-institution date, “1939”, to the bottom arm. The swastika stands out in nice, high relief while the date is somewhat lower. The plain reverse has a soldered, block type hinge, a broad, tapering vertical pin and a heavy soldered catch all intact. The reverse of the pin is well marked with the stamped manufacturer’s numerical code, “20”, indicating manufacture by C. F. Zimmermann of Pforzheim. The cross comes housed in its original case. Very nicely EK1 that remains uncleaned.
