Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval certificate_of_authenticity CHIEF OF STAFF"

CHIEF OF STAFF"

holes on the reverse exposing the underlying white cotton support

EDELHAUS RIGA"

the obverse trimmed with dual red threaded bands and bearing an inscription of “H

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval certificate_of_authenticity CHIEF OF STAFF"(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 restitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of