Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of (NSKK Ärmelabzeichen)

(NSKK Ärmelabzeichen)

while a brown card stock composite reinforcement is visible and maintains the kepi’s structural integrity

Pforzheim: weighing 4

scattered gilt wear on the insignia

and when fed through the belt loop on the right side

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of (NSKK Ärmelabzeichen)(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with