Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive the jacket measures approximately 43

the jacket measures approximately 43 cm across the shoulders

each of which has a 1st Class silver gilt and red enamelled star clasp affixed

the centrepiece illustrating the Silesian coat-of-arms on a blue background

and in southeastern Austria

The interior is plain with the exception of a small cloth label bearing a handwritten owner’s name of “V

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, with Case, by Rudolf Souval Archive the jacket measures approximately 43(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 block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of