Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed overlaid by a white cotton

overlaid by a white cotton diamond bearing a black mobile swastika

For the purpose of identification this badge is marked with a number on the rim

17 mm (w) x 79

photographs

the Supplement to the London Gazette 31647 on Tuesday

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed overlaid by a white cotton(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