Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction Hereafter promoted and to continued

Hereafter promoted and to continued to in the said Office so long as I of the Master General for the time being shall think proper

The underside of the skirt is stamped "ET68"

a 1934 Bavarian Strength through Joy badge

which was first established under Sir William Logan and was one of the largest and most efficient government geological surveys in the world at the time

the angles of the cross set with a single paste stones and the point of the limb set with three paste stones

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, With Case, By Rudolf Souval Auction Hereafter promoted and to continued(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 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 banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by