Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Kühn was killed in action

Kühn was killed in action while treating the wounds of a comrade

dated December 1936 and issued from Düsseldorf

before being sent to permanent camps further from the front

attached to a thick brown leather tab - dated “1942” and maker marked “Richard Sieper & Söhne

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by C.F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Kühn was killed in action(Eisernes Kreuze 1939 I. Klasse). 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 round wire catch emanating from an oval base plate, unmarked but with the core demonstrating characteristics of manufacture by C. F.