Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive a Vienna Assay mark

a Vienna Assay mark

King George V and Queen Mary Coronation

In die stamped silver nickle

Their motto “In excelsis vincimus” translates to “we conquer the heights” and the crest was inspired by Canada’s 10 cent coin

also accompanied by its presentation case

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann Auction Archive a Vienna Assay mark(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 raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code