Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "TIFFANY & Co

maker marked "TIFFANY & Co

engraved "I

He was later stationed in Norway under Eduard Dietl in the 20th Mountain Army

The two of us went on and identified an English machine gun nest

After he was deemed okay to be transferred

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "TIFFANY & Co(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 raised barrel hinge and flat vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with LDO code L