Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic polished leather

polished leather

Clasp measures 24

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered red diver’s helmet

It is flanked by dual protruding lugs featuring hollow channels to facilitate ventilation

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic polished leather(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from an oval base plate, unmarked but with the core demonstrating characteristics of manufacture by C. F.