Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude (Bordfunker- und Fliegerschützenabzeichen)

(Bordfunker- und Fliegerschützenabzeichen)

but textbook pin set up typical of maker "Meybauer

with the obverse bearing a central cursive inscription of “HONOR I OJCZYZNA” (“HONOUR AND FATHERLAND”) set within arabesques

by maker "G

Badge die struck in silvered tombac

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude (Bordfunker- und Fliegerschützenabzeichen)(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. 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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for