Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude marked L59 underneath for Alois

marked L59 underneath for Alois Rettenmaier

40 mm (h) x 31 mm (w)

The interior retains an intact brown leather liner

in order to promote the technological renewal of the industrial sector and to promote industrialism

including a 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division “Hermann Göring” EM/NCO’s cap insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, by Rudolf Souval GTRexclude marked L59 underneath for Alois(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacturer by