Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive 91mm in diameter

91mm in diameter

maker marked "JULES BEREMANN" on the inside lid

awarded on 18 August 1944 for five wounds suffered on 27 July 1941

"in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive 91mm in diameter(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of