Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case Hold involving both lungs

involving both lungs

Young Ferdinand

The collar is flanked on each side by rank tabs

marked "BRONZE" and maker marked "'EL ORO' J

Fassett was promoted to Captain with the 13th Infantry Division on April 14

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case Hold involving both lungs(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Instituted on 1. 9. 1939. (Issued 1939 1945). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a screw back apparatus and back plate, marked on upper arm with L 52 for maker C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 44. 34