Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction A facing-right etched Brazilian branch

A facing-right etched Brazilian branch symbol of the Wyvern in silver gilt

light chipping in the black finish from age

unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden

An example of a Norwegian patriotic ring

During the first part of World War II

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction A facing-right etched Brazilian branch(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei