Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China extensive repair evident in the

extensive repair evident in the white enamels on the arms on both sides

exhibiting scattered scuff marks on the bottom

The latter bears an engraved inscription of “JASTA 11 - LA BAYELLE

but has two slight bends

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China extensive repair evident in 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