Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class, by Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of A scarce armband

A scarce armband

obverse illustrating a downhill skier on the slopes

missing buckle and pin

Klasse) with attractive old patina

single reinforced stitching along the top and bottom edges

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Iron Cross 1939 I. Class, by Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of A scarce armband(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). A textbook example of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class by Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart. Consisting of a Cross Patte of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse is plain, with a barrel hinge, a slender banjo style vertical pinback, and a