Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of circumscribed by an inscription of

circumscribed by an inscription of “GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR - CAMP ELLIS U

(marked "DIXIE CLASS U

constructed of a paper stock binding with 63 paginated interior pages

Powers recalled that in 1937 an invitational 14-team track meet marked the opening of this field

tested here before being approved use in the Luftwaffe

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of circumscribed by an inscription of(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for C.