Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive constructed of a black painted

constructed of a black painted magnetic shaft

and black enamels with sun rays emanating between the arms from the centre applique

dated 26 January 1934

"3rd Battle of Ypres" (soldier's designation only

measuring 29 mm x 35 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval Auction Archive constructed of a black painted(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the