Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude surrounding a central fouled anchor

surrounding a central fouled anchor overlaid by a monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II

that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Locomotive Fireman

A silver gilt badge

glue and yellow paper residue on the reverse from previous board mounting)

under a convex glass

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude surrounding a central fouled anchor(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the