Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Archive A Wounded Medal (Verwundetenmedaille)

A Wounded Medal (Verwundetenmedaille)

the Oath of the SS

Andrew's Military Hospital on October 16th

with his head turned to the right

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann, Dietrich Maerz Collection Archive A Wounded Medal (Verwundetenmedaille)(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, with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for maker Fritz