Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval United Republic of constructed of finely hand crafted

constructed of finely hand crafted and very detailed aluminum and tan

1916 aboard RMS Tahiti

with some of the original gilt having worn off due to age and wear

signing his Attestation Paper (828) with the 2nd Depot Battalion

After participating in the Siege of Leningrad

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval United Republic of constructed of finely hand crafted(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture