Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude of Rhodes and of Malta

of Rhodes and of Malta (Latin: Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis)

Stahlhelm Front Heil Belt Buckle - In pressed brass

He enlisted for service as a Private (4522) with the Royal Marines on February 25

the announcement of the award appearing in the Second Supplement to the London Gazette 36034 of Friday

under age personnel and those who sought transfer to the United States Army in the United Kingdom

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude of Rhodes and of Malta(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 inside of 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 6 for maker Fritz Zimmermann,