Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed of excellent quality manufacture in

of excellent quality manufacture in silver gilt

The recipient must have served on a ship which was registered in Ireland

We tried it out with a piece of cordite and it blew the charge high enough to hit the deck head - as witness the edge mark on the end of the charge itself

the reverse centre bears the Luxembourg coat of arms encompassed with a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom

Faithful Service Cross - Second Class

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Newly Listed of excellent quality manufacture in(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse mit Etui). 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 barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of