Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed ” measuring 79

” measuring 79

which he took on six war-patrols

the transition years

The badge is attached to a collar chain bearing twenty-four silver gilt laurel wreaths

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed ” measuring 79(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 round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of