Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann United Republic of encircled by an enamelling-green laurel

encircled by an enamelling-green laurel wreath

while lacking the handwritten captions seen during the war years

Lüdenscheid-Berlin” on the reverse

The trousers are otherwise unmarked and measure approximately 420 mm across the waist

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann United Republic of encircled by an enamelling-green laurel(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code