Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of Awarded to associated citizens in

Awarded to associated citizens in recognition of extraordinary merit

stating that he had five years' previous military service with the 1st Battalion

1915 during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and was the last award created in the Russian Empire

the reverse marked with a RZM logo and maker code of “M1/63” for Steinhauer & Lück

A” with other markings

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of Awarded to associated citizens in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop