Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann, From The Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Archive obverse entitled "Unser erfolgreicher Flieger

obverse entitled "Unser erfolgreicher Flieger Oberleutnant von Cossel und Vizefeldwebel Windisch"

measuring 68 mm in diameter

In its circular case of issue

Caston also had a brother

but attributed to Wilhelm Deumer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By C.f. Zimmermann, From The Dietrich Maerz Collection Auction Archive obverse entitled "Unser erfolgreicher Flieger(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 barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked on the reverse with code 20 for maker C.