Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China all braided into an ornate

all braided into an ornate knot with silver aluminum bullion wires embroidered into the braiding in a chevron formation

It is also accompanied by a 4th Parachute Division (4

It was noted during his medical examination that he had a scar in the centre of his forehead

on a tan open weave canvas

in the margin of the lower cross arm is the maker’s mark “S

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Vienna Maker Province of China all braided into an ornate(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,