Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann, From The Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold 2nd pattern eagle

2nd pattern eagle

and Taylors Island from March to June 1866

with bright red enamels exhibiting only minor wear

and maker marked “CEJ” for “C

constructed of white embroidery BeVo style lettering on a black cotton/rayon blended backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann, From The Dietrich Maerz Collection Hold 2nd pattern eagle(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 pinback marked on the reverse with code 20 for maker C.