Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "14289" in raised numerals

marked "14289" in raised numerals on the reverse

2) A Merit Order of the Bavarian Crown ribbon with Swords

An Order of Tudor Vladimirescu

and deployed on the Eastern Front

He began active service with Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 319

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By C.f. Zimmermann consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac marked "14289" in raised numerals(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 reverse of the pinback maker marked with