Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive obverse illustrating five playing cars

obverse illustrating five playing cars

measures 177mm (w) x 93mm (h)

as he almost immediately was drafted to the Battleship H

featuring membership due stamps for the years 1959 through 1963

finishing his career with postings to HMS Daedalus in July 1947

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction Archive obverse illustrating five playing cars(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of