Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates United Republic of with enameled lettering

with enameled lettering

There is a strap with three holes for length adjustment stitched in place on the front edge of the lid

stamped in black ink "90" on the underside near the tip of the left end

The helmet plate is attached to the pickelhaube by two leather pins

A magnetic metal ring fully encompasses the interior walls

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Rare 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, by C.F. Zimmermann, with Maerz and Niemann Certificates United Republic of with enameled lettering(Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1940 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, the six oclock arm bearing a raised reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm bearing a raised initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm topped by an integral loop