Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross, With Case Auction maker marked “RZM M1/72” (Fritz

maker marked “RZM M1/72” (Fritz Zimmermann

45mm x 56 mm

inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the National Aviation Hall on July 18

Instituted 1736 by Prince-Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony

with a date of “42”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross, With Case Auction maker marked “RZM M1/72” (Fritz(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked,