Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "R & S

maker marked "R & S

Constructed of oval silvered zink

Colonel Garay was buried on April 14th in Hampton National Cemetery

marked "STERLING" on the reverse of both the badge and the clasp

lime-green wool backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "R & S(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 black mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback marked with