Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Buy Now shows Waltenberger’s stamp on the

shows Waltenberger’s stamp on the inside cover

(nahe = near

circumscribed by inscription “EINNAHME VON KRETA

Securely stitched into two sides of the fez is a chinstrap constructed of black woven ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Buy Now shows Waltenberger’s stamp on the(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. 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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with