Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By C.f. Zimmermann Buy Now with a cap band constructed

with a cap band constructed of red wool

Constructed of of field gray gaberdine fabric with a herringbone twill

Brooks was elevated to the rank of Private 1st Class on May 21

In silver with  red

pending a transfer into the Imperial Army

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By C.f. Zimmermann Buy Now with a cap band constructed(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). A Cross Patte of multi piece construction, with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver border, the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with code 20 for C. F. Zimmermann,