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

October 1945

the reverse designer marked “P

for duties in flying control

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

obverse centre superposing by a gilded crowned Belgium lion

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