Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive suspended by a period royal

suspended by a period royal crown in silver

Italian-Croatian Legion was established in 1942

a black bead in the center with one green bead at 12 and 6 o’clock and one red bead at 3 and 9 o’clock

forming the distinctive “#” effect on the ribbed inner portion of the frame adjacent to the swastika

measuring 64 mm (w) x 17 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann Archive suspended by a period royal(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei