Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction 72mm(height)

72mm(height)

the upper and underside in black wool

There are few tiny nicks on the blade

the inside cover presents a black-and-white photograph of Müller in uniform glued to the page

3 Platoon moved twelve times in eight weeks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction 72mm(height)(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