Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction with matte/aluminum paint finish

with matte/aluminum paint finish

3 Platoon moved twelve times in eight weeks

There are few tiny nicks on the blade

As the British broke into our lines that day the Minenwerfer position had to be abandoned

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction with matte/aluminum paint finish(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 raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of