Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann United Republic of who was killed in action

who was killed in action on 10 September 1943

(Ostmedaille mit Insignien)

finely produced in silver with quality red enamel and gilt centre piece

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Certificate of Death for Martin (dated September 26

surrounded by two intertwined branches of thorns above

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann United Republic of who was killed in action(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