Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic Variant, by Rudolf Souval Republic of by a number of different

by a number of different issuing houses

Accompanied by a letter from the Ministry of Defence

while stylized floral and arabesque imagery is distributed throughout the back strap and hand guard

on full length neck ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Non-Magnetic Variant, by Rudolf Souval Republic of by a number of different(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of brass and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened brass core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six o'clock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 44. 26 mm (w) x 44. 23 mm (h), weighing 20. 8 grams,