An Early Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Fritz Zimmermann Of Stuttgart United Republic of Four months later

Four months later

as part of the 1st Mine Sweeping Flotilla

with a sleek and contemporary design along the neck and handle with a deep convex bowl

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An Early Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Fritz Zimmermann Of Stuttgart United Republic of Four months laterAn Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse; white metal cross patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a slightly rounded wire catch; marked 6 on the pinback for Fritz