Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude A 172nd Infantry Battalion “Rocky

A 172nd Infantry Battalion “Rocky Mountain Rangers” Cap Badge

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "Libertad"

marked “URLAUB JULI 1942” (“VACATION JULY 1942”)

Gilt sterling silver

the obverse consisting of a black enameled German national eagle perched on top of a black and white enameled target

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann GTRexclude A 172nd Infantry Battalion “Rocky(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the