Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross I Class, by Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude the interior divided into four

the interior divided into four compartments

marked “750” for 18k gold content and maker marked “J

XVI ILLUSTRAVIT 1779"

gold Arabic characters on red enameled band

Admirals and Captains received it in gold

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross I Class, by Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude the interior divided into four(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 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 an L shaped flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of