Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Relic Example, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac featuring a facsimile signature of

featuring a facsimile signature of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and a handwritten signature of Generaloberst Bruno Loerzer (Pour le Mérite

A functional catch within the throat firmly holds the bayonet in place during storage

likely "sick"

the recipient had to add a loop/ring

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Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Relic Example, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac featuring a facsimile signature of(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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, without visible marks but demonstrating the