Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann Newly Listed the reverse inscribed “Für Verdiesnt

the reverse inscribed “Für Verdiesnt und Treue” (German - For Merit and Loyalty) within a laurel wreath

then transferred to England and taken on strength at the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre on August 17

for four years of service in the Luftwaffe

obverse illustrating the right-facing conjoined busts of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

artist marked "NEVS

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann Newly Listed the reverse inscribed “Für Verdiesnt(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core inside of 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 6 for maker Fritz Zimmermann,