Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on account of "Medical unfitness

on account of "Medical unfitness due to complete ankylosis (stiffness of a joint due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of the joint

reverse illustrating a pelican feeding two of its young above the Italian coat-of-arms

measuring 50 mm (w) x 55 mm (h))

but played an important role in arranging the execution of King Louis XVI

Empire Resources for Dogs Merit Award 1939 - Silvered metal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on account of "Medical unfitness(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse, an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate, the twelve oclock arm topped by a stabilizer, the