Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive 34 mm (w) x 29

34 mm (w) x 29

United States Air Force was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal for actions taken during the Vietnam War

set an on black cotton blended background

He was a Captain during the battles of Sanctuary Wood and the Somme in 1916

although in Thyen's book he is acknowledged has having received the 1870 clasp only

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive 34 mm (w) x 29(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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei