Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann visually-hidden the shoulders bear shoulder boards

the shoulders bear shoulder boards of the same green wool

presenting age oxidization marks with evidence of period repair

with some scratching and oxidation evident to the wood and metal

June 1st 1939

Lord Marcus Beresford (7th Hussars) and I were told off as pages to Scindia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann visually-hidden the shoulders bear shoulder boards(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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the reverse of the pinback maker