Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Two integral bands bearing raised

Two integral bands bearing raised oak leaf designs are incorporated into the upper third of the shaft

Rev:- Laurel wreath

Footnote: Maria Maier was born on 12 July 1924 in Erkheim

both swastika and circle edged by twisted wire

Both repeatedly went down the iron ladder in the shaft into the gas-filled chamber

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Two integral bands bearing raised(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 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with