Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval Province of China second award bar affixed to

second award bar affixed to its original ribbon

hospitalization

Visible on the peak is the unmistakable outline of an SS-style German national eagle insignia which has since been lost to time

Constructed of silvered aluminum

the reverse bears the top and bottom edges folded over to produce a flat seam

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Screwback Version with Case, by Rudolf Souval Province of China second award bar affixed to(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse an Schraubscheibe 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original backplate, with a stabilizer emanating from the