Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 12” (German - Be cheerful

12” (German - Be cheerful in hope

demonstrating near-total loss of finish throughout the base metal in addition to period replacement of the pinback with an accurately-sized substitute

while all wore the Nursing Sisters’ white veil

Irish and Scottish Firearms

a storied Type II (second variation) example in better than very fine condition

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval United Republic of 12” (German - Be cheerful(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