Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker certificate_of_authenticity marked “RAD”

marked “RAD”

consigned to Captain David McCampbell of Lantana

the reverse with an integral hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from a circular baseplate

The cap is held together by three overlapping cotton bands on the interior

consisting of three typewritten letters addressed to von Manteuffel from Schörner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker certificate_of_authenticity marked “RAD”(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). 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 tapering vertical pinback, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a frame produced by Rudolf Souval,