Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive hallmarked and marked "800" (silver)

hallmarked and marked "800" (silver) on the reverse

the Sherwood Foresters

blade maker marked A

MAI 1942" inside an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

exhibiting period damage and subsequent repair typical of period wear

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive hallmarked and marked "800" (silver)(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 black mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with