Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China marked L/13 on reverse (for

marked L/13 on reverse (for P

consisting of a Cross Pattée with pebbled arms

in the margin of the lower cross arm is the maker’s mark “S

all braided into an ornate knot with silver aluminum bullion wires embroidered into the braiding in a chevron formation

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China marked L/13 on reverse (for(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,