Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive October 1945

October 1945

in silver with diamond medallion surrounded by laurels

Garrard & Co case of issue

the reverse designer marked “P

marked "900" (silver) on the reverse and on the reinforcing plate and screwback

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive October 1945(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 with the physical characteristics of