Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann Newly Listed maker marked "MECO LTDA Bogota"

maker marked "MECO LTDA Bogota" on the inside lid

The upper left arm has the lower rank Merseburg Gendarmerie arm badge sewn in place

Silvered die-stamped aluminum buckle on the right end

55 (w) x 40

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Fritz Zimmermann Newly Listed maker marked "MECO LTDA Bogota"(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of