An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Fritz Zimmermann In Its Original Case Hold Rafael José Urdaneta y Faría

Rafael José Urdaneta y Faría (1788-1845) was a leading military and political figure in the early Nineteenth Century wars of independence against Spain and in the newly-independent Republic of Venezuela

the cases having experienced extensive wear from storage

giving them a three-dimensional look

ribbons of the three medals fed through a central loop

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class By Fritz Zimmermann In Its Original Case Hold Rafael José Urdaneta y FaríaAn attractive Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1. Klasse: white metal cross patte of multi piece constructed with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border; with a patinated vertical pin, a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; reverse of catch marked 20 for Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart; measuring 44. 42 mm x 44. 35 mm; weighing 17. 2 grams. Accompanied by its case of issue; constructed of heavy pressed paper with a black textured faux leather