Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 171 mm (w) x

measuring 171 mm (w) x 103 mm (h

This owner-attributed and field-upgraded example remains in a better than very fine condition

the former constructed of gilded bronze

with a NSKK insignia in high relief

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 171 mm (w) x(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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the