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

with four characters on the reverse of the Imperial orchid suspension inscribed "Order of Merit Decoration"

with some tarnishing visible to the shield

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

a Wilhelm Cross ribbon with Swords

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