Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China by Ernst von Destouches

by Ernst von Destouches

(Ehrenblattspange der Kriegsmarine)

measuring 51 mm (w) x 16

whereas the later one states his position as driver

It was pure luck that no one was killed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China by Ernst von Destouches(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 mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and gently tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker