Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude of Rhodes and of Malta

of Rhodes and of Malta (Latin: Supremus Ordo Militaris Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis)

under age personnel and those who sought transfer to the United States Army in the United Kingdom

on a 9K Gold base with red and green enamels

In May 1916 was buried by shell explosion

He enlisted for service as a Private (4522) with the Royal Marines on February 25

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Fritz Zimmermann GTRexclude of Rhodes and of Malta(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 inside of 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 6 for maker Fritz Zimmermann,