Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China Buckles in feinzink/zinc are usually

Buckles in feinzink/zinc are usually associated with the Waffen-SS due to the wartime production of 1942 as opposed to the aluminum versions which could be used by both the general SS and the Waffen-SS

(Militär-Verdienstmedaille in Bronze mit Schwertern und Etui)

measuring 113 mm (w) x 44 mm (h)

One is of Knie’s time in the HJ

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Province of China Buckles in feinzink/zinc are usually(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 gently tapering flattened pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker