Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude White metal cross pattée with

White metal cross pattée with magnetic core

from their original resting place at the Military Cemetery in Schleswig

the obverse inscribed “Eineinig Deutsch Scholdatentum” (German - United German Soldiers)

having utilized YMCA correspondence

and features the stylized maker mark of “Robert Herder & Co

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude White metal cross pattée with(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 reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 56