Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, Zink Core Version by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude one with its slider broken

one with its slider broken off

The handle grip consists of a ribbed black rayskin-style material

950 silver on the reverse

featuring ten total links of alternating blue enamel crosses with inlaid wreaths and round links featuring a blue ring encircled by a wreath

In light brown and white embroidery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, Zink Core Version by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude one with its slider broken(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of zink and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened non magnetic zink alloy core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a restitution date of 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the