Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive with a central gilt medallion

with a central gilt medallion bearing a profile of Friedrich Engels

the obverse depicting the Royal Cypher “GRI VI” centrally surmounted by a crown and inscribed “The France and Germany Star” in capitalized lettering

encircled by a blue ring inscribed RN TRANSPORT

bestowed to a mere eleven individuals between 11 February 1942 and 28 April 1945

Major of the Luftwaffe

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, with Issue Package, by Rudolf Souval Archive with a central gilt medallion(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse mit Papiertte). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked