Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case Auction Pingat Kerja Lama

Pingat Kerja Lama

In the face of the strongest opposition yet encountered on a bombing mission

While with the Aden Field Force

sewn upon a yellow felt base

The dome itself has a black rayon liner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross First Class By C.f. Zimmermann, With Case Auction Pingat Kerja Lama(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