Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive A second Wehrpaß

A second Wehrpaß

maker marked "JULES BEREMANN" on the inside lid

bearing the remnants of factory-original zig-zag stitching consistent with uniform removal

with a single stylized acorn of identical construction

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive A second Wehrpaß(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