Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Newly Listed superimposed over a forested background

superimposed over a forested background

and blue tri-colour motif

created on April 10

ISBN 5-417-00373-5

the exterior of the lid embossed with a clear silver outline of an Iron Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Newly Listed superimposed over a forested background(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,